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Table layouts
Raised as a usability problem by 10 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2008–2022), in 9 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Screen readers give a confusing, useless reading of layout tablesUnreviewed
20082026- Screen readers read table cells in a confusing order when cell order is illogical2022-02-20
- Screen reader users get a confusing, useless reading of layout tables2020-10-14
- Table layouts confuse screen reader users about the page structure2020-02-14
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 10 complaints
- Screen readers read table cells in a confusing order when cell order is illogical2022-02-20
- Screen reader users get a confusing, useless reading of layout tables2020-10-14
- Table layouts confuse screen reader users about the page structure2020-02-14
- Switch on the cord is hard to reach, or sits inside the shade where it must be found in the dark2017-02-13
- Layouts render inconsistently across browsers and break when one block is adjusted2017-01-31
- Many table-based designs are completely unusable on mobile devices2013-08-10
- Screen readers read content out of intended order, and users may see a blank screen while loading2011-02-28
- Students can't figure out why set cell dimensions are ignored and layouts shift2009-02-03
- Fixing one column's width makes the others unpredictable, varying between browsers2009-02-03
- Table layouts obscure page hierarchy, breaking screen readers and text browsers2008-03-06