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Re: Problem with JAWS Table Navigation?

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Dec 2, 2009 4:54PM

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Geof Collis < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Why are people still using tables for layout?

That's a very good question. But they still do, so we must deal with it.

If a layout table is falsely detected as a data table, this is
annoying. The bigger issue is when a data table is falsely interpreted
to be a layout table and all accessibility functionality is lost.

Jared