Re: An improvement for a reading of exported HTML tables

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On May 8, 2009, at 10:37 AM, Jan Buchal wrote:

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>    SR> Jan Buchal <buchal@brailcom.org> writes:
>    CD> On May 7, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Jan Buchal wrote:
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>>>>>>>> "CD" == Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>    CD> On May 7, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Jan Buchal wrote:
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>>>> Hello again,
>>>>>
>>>>> the problem is little bit complicate :-) I need <th> not in first
>>>>> row only but by every column which contain the name of row. In
>>>>> the attachment you can find the example
>>>
>>>   CD> That is currently not possible.
>>> And is it possible fix it? From the point of view of accessibility  
>>> is a
>>> bug.
>>
>>    CD> I would not call it a bug, it is a limitation. Org is not a  
>> full
>>    CD> HTML table editor, there are many things it cannot do,  
>> including
>>    CD> column and row spanning, multiline fields, you name it.
>> Unfortunately it is a bug. See please WCAG documentation.
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>    SR> It's not. It's just something not implemented.
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> Aha, do you use a screen reader? :-) I bellieve that from your point  
> of
> view is something what is not implemented only. You don't need it.
> Please try close your eye on one week and work with computer. :-) If  
> an
> application has missing accessibility features then is a bug.

Hi Jan,

while I can imagine the constant frustration that people with
accessibility requirements have to face when working in a
world designed without disabilities in mind, I still would
like to disagree.

A bug is something that does not work "as advertised", a feature
that is claimed to be present and working well, but actually is
not present or broken.

Org does not claim to be fully accessible - even though it
is (in connection with Emacs speak) probably a lot more
accessible for blind people than almost any program out
there.  And I will try to improve in this direction
where it makes sense - I just don't like my program to be called
buggy where it is not. :-)

- Carsten

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