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On 20/12/2007, Tim Beadle <tim.beadle at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm certain this has been discussed at length on WebAIM, and many
> people's position was that this design pattern is, from an
> accessibility perspective, not good.

Indeed:

"> I was wondering what people's thoughts are on making a 'matrix style'
> form accessible.

They should be replaced by accessible forms.

> Of particular interest, is how to create explicit
> labels for the controls on the form.

You cannot, in matrix design. Each radio button in a matrix logically has
two labels, the row name and the column name. But this means that you
cannot assign a label to such a button."
-- Jukka Korpela, http://www.webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread.php?thread=2898

Another thread here:
http://www.webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread.php?thread=2318&id=6716

Tim