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Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX: please say "THIS IS A TABLE!"
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David Combs |
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Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX: please say "THIS IS A TABLE!" |
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Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:15:03 -0800 (PST) |
1) it could be an OPTION.
2) I myself CANNOT recognize a table printed non-table by Lynx!
(What about a BLIND person? How is he/she supposed to know
that the info should be mentally reorganized into TWO dimensional
GROUPINGS)
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> If I remember correctly, couple versions ago lynx used to flash some
> message like "Warning: page contains tables" or so, or does my memory
> completely deceive me?
>
> I usually can recognize a table which is supposed to be a table. It
> could be nice to have lynx insert something like [TABLE BEGINS] and
> [TABLE ENDS] around it. However, there would be a problem with nested
> tables, it could be quite ugly.
>
> Also, many pages use tables to achieve some stupid layout, and in this
> case you probably don't want to know that it is a table. Such pages are
> usually messy enough without lynx inserting anything extra to them.
>
> --
> Jan Hlav\'{a}\v{c}ek
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