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Re: data or layout table

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Sep 2, 2011 8:57AM

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:02 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> What would be ideal from a screenreader perspective? From a
> visual browser perspective it's irrelevant what I choose.

If the natural reading order of the table (left to right, top to
bottom) is logical and makes sense, then I would not add table
headers. The overhead of the table markup would likely outweigh any
potential benefit it would provide.

Jared