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Re: Problem with JAWS Table Navigation?

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From: Geof Collis
Date: Dec 2, 2009 6:06PM

Hi Jared

Agreed! Problem is, do we need companies like Freedom Scientific
worrying about this kind of thing wehn developers should get with
the times so they can address other more pressing issues? Seems more
like a retrofitting issue.

cheers

Geof







At 07:52 PM 12/2/2009, you wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Geof Collis < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > Hi Jared
> > With all due respect, no we shouldnt' deal with it, people should
> > stop it, plain and simple. I rarely use table commands to navigate
> > web pages. I use semantic markup commands to find my way around sites.
>
>I absolutely agree. My comments were in relation to assistive
>technology support. While there's little excuse for developers using
>layout tables, assistive technology must "deal with" this for some
>time to come. This thread is pointing out that JAWS has very poor
>behavior in determining data vs. layout tables and that is very
>concerning. If I had it my way, all layout tables would disappear and
>this would all be a non-issue.
>
>Jared
>