Summary attribute of a HTML Table?

Question

Since we are now in Web 2.0
is the "Summary" attribute of 'HTML' table as in the example below,

now deprecated ?

I have read that Tables should be avoided and one should use CSS instead.

2 answers

(1) Summary is not deprecated, and has nothing to do with CSS. In a data table, it provides information on the contents of the table.

(2) Tables FOR LAYOUT are deprecated and CSS should be used instead. There are, of course, cases in which tables are valid: presentation of TABULAR DATA (like, say, a list of names, phone numbers, addresses, ages, eye colors, heights...for members of a club ...or like that). But for LAYOUT, no.

The reasons table layout is deprecated, the reasons it shouldn't be used, include: a browser has to figure out the size of a table before it loads the page (slower load time), a screen reader (blind reader) has trouble reading the page (reading down the left column before reading the right column, which may in some cases be deceptive...like on a form with labels in the left column and fields on the right!). Difficulty of access, Difficulty of maintenance.

Divs are easier to maintain! Easier to code. I've tried. I'm a convert. Find easy examples everywhere. Copy and paste. Lots of lessons in books.

challenging aspect. look into on google and yahoo. that may help!

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Answer 1

(1) Summary is not deprecated, and has nothing to do with CSS. In a data table, it provides information on the contents of the table.

(2) Tables FOR LAYOUT are deprecated and CSS should be used instead. There are, of course, cases in which tables are valid: presentation of TABULAR DATA (like, say, a list of names, phone numbers, addresses, ages, eye colors, heights...for members of a club ...or like that). But for LAYOUT, no.

The reasons table layout is deprecated, the reasons it shouldn't be used, include: a browser has to figure out the size of a table before it loads the page (slower load time), a screen reader (blind reader) has trouble reading the page (reading down the left column before reading the right column, which may in some cases be deceptive...like on a form with labels in the left column and fields on the right!). Difficulty of access, Difficulty of maintenance.

Divs are easier to maintain! Easier to code. I've tried. I'm a convert. Find easy examples everywhere. Copy and paste. Lots of lessons in books.

Answer 2

challenging aspect. look into on google and yahoo. that may help!