Re: Why are nested tables that bad

Jesper, I think you and the rest of us would be better served if you gave
the list a URI to the web site using the "seven tables on each web page".
Then the list can stop the speculation, guessing, and pontification and
give you a real lesson.

Regards,
Phill Jenkins
IBM Research Division - Accessibility Center
http://www.ibm.com/able




"Jesper Tverskov" <jesper.tverskov@mail.tele.dk>@w3.org on 01/13/2003
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I am reviewing a web site using seven tables on each web page, one table
having four nested tables, and two of these a nested table each.

I would like to give this web site very bad marks, but the problem is that
the the tables linearizes well, the web pages sounds right in a screen
reader like JAWS, and all the web pages look nice in more than 99% of the
browsers in use today.

So what is the problem?

The truth could be, that just one misspelled word on the front page is a
greater offence or what? Please give me the facts about nested tables. Why
are nested tables bad in the real world of accessibility? Teach me a
lesson!

Best regards,
Jesper

Received on Monday, 13 January 2003 17:27:57 UTC