Posted by Bernhard Sturm on 01/07/06 22:26

Malte Christensen wrote:
>
> I have found a few texts through Google but would like to know if anyone
> has some references to more authoritive texts discussing the pro et
> contras.

"tables were never intended as a mean of structuring a page, but as a
mean to represent tabular data"
http://www.weboffice.unizh.ch/workshops/accessibility/tabellen.php?s=1
(it's in german)

or
"don't use tables for layout purposes if they will not work in
linearised form. Otherwise, if tables do not provide a
(structural)-meaning use an equivalent alternative..."

http://www.weboffice.unizh.ch/workshops/accessibility/tabellen_layout.php?s=1
(in german as well)

in short: if you are serious about accessibility issues you will have to
separate structure from layout. In most cases this approach will forbid
the use of tables in order to support a layout...

HTH
bernhard

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