Help:borders on and off
Chris Lott
chrisl at muskox.alaska.edu
Wed Jun 10 07:48:07 EDT 1998
>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.
Lynx can read tables... it just can't format them. I can access the links in
your table fine w/Lynx. I think that users who surf text-only are used to
seeing tables for layout and as long as there is some space in them (your
bullets do that) they navigate ok.
c
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Chris Lott -- fncll at uaf.edu -- (907)474-6350
Instructional Technology Specialist
Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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