Help:borders on and off

[Peter Murray]

It is possible to design a table such that it is readable with browsers that
don't understand the table tags.  Key to this working is that browsers will
(should) ignore tags that they don't understand.  Imagine your HTML file
without any of the <TABLE>, <TR>, or <TD> tags.  Liberal use of the <BR> tag
to add line breaks (especially just before you would normally put a </TR>)
will go a long way to making your table readable with the older versions of
LYNX browsers.  For example, take a look at this URL in a graphical and
non-graphical environment:

  http://www.cwru.edu/CWRUcard/pem.html


Peter

--On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 7:22 AM -0700 "Heather Grady"
<hgrady at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu> wrote: 

> I created a similar table for our library
> (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/alx/subjectq.htm)  One thing to keep in mind
> however, is the importance of accessibility.  Does your page have a text
> only alternative?  Some browsers (like lynx) can't read tables...another
> issue is the translation of web pages for hearing and physically impaired.
> I think the information in the table needs the borders, without them I
> think the page would look a bit empty.  
> 
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> Heather A. Grady
> Graduate Student in Library Science, University of Illinois
> Graduate Student Assistant--Applied Life Studies Library
> Http://www.library.uiuc.edu/alx/ (ALS Page)
> HGrady at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
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> On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Alison Johnston wrote:
> 
>> Dear wise subscribers to web4Lib
>> 
>> Greetings from the other side of the world. We use the web while 
>> North America sleeps.
>> 
>> I need help. At our library the web group intends to convert many 
>> pages to a format with table borders on. You can see a version of 
>> their standard at:
>> http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/subjects/subjects.shtml
>>  
>> It is my understanding that to do this is tacky.....?
>> What does the team think?
>> 
>> 
>> this is not 
>> Alison Johnston           
>> Assistant Librarian, Information Services 
>> University of Canterbury Library
>> Private Bag 4800
>> Christchurch 
>> New Zealand                           
>> 



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