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Re: Problem with JAWS Table Navigation?

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From: Chris Hoffman
Date: Dec 2, 2009 1:45PM

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> In other words, the presence or absence of table headers have no
> impact on whether JAWS identifies a table as a data or a layout table.
> It's entirely determined by the maximum amount of text in any given
> cell.
>
> Am I the only one that thinks this is totally crazy?

No, you aren't. What about the presence or absence of thead or tfoot?

Chris