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james_p
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wht do you mean by illegal

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hi, wht do you mean by illegal why tabels are illegal in UK an USA. I have seen many web sites of UK and USA they are useing tables only all most 90% website of USA and UK are made by tables it will be better if u check it once.

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tables are only illegal in the UK
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WHy are tables illegal?
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something to do with handicapped people is what i herd
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There only illegal of you're in a business. Browsers disabled people use can't handle tables, so by using a table website, you're discriminating against handicapped people. Illegal in UK.
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tables arent illegal in the UK otherwise probably the biggest UK web-site BBC are breaking the law

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I believe it is only illegal if your content is ONLY available online, although this whole idea is illegal tables sounds a bit shifty.
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

It's not like the police are going to come banging on your door to arrest you because you used a table in your website.

The point is however. Everybody has a right to be able to use your publically accessible content. This includes blind or visually impaired users who use screen readers to get the information from your website.

By using a non CSS based layout you are making very diffcult work for screen readers.

Like you have probably noticed however... not enough companies follow this "law" and are still using tables.

If you have used tables in your layouts previously I wouldn't neccessarily be going back and re-coding them unless you have spare time on your hands. I would however try to start using 100% CSS based layouts in all future designs.

I myself am guilty of using tabled layouts until recently (in fact the HealthPoint website linked to in my signature was the last ever table based layout I created).
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Post by phpScott »

d11wtq is along the right path. It's not that tables are illegal in the UK, otherwise what would we eat off. :D

But there is legislation that states that if your content is not readily avialable in a format other then just online, you must provide a means to provide that content to people wishing to access it.

As earlier stated browser readers have a difficult time with tables so the use of css for layouts will make that job much easier.

I think that because of the large number of sites that have been built with tables in the past that any watchdog group is not going to come and hunt you down without a complaint or two first, but yes according to the legislation you can be sued or made to comply.

I think it comes down to better being safe then sorry.
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method_man wrote:tables are only illegal in the UK
do you know what are you saying, if wht u are saying is right prove it.

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Is there any one who can explane me how tabels are illegal?

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hello every!!

Is there any one who can explane me how tabels are illegal, and what if dont remove tables from my web site. please chech it and tell me http://www.topcreators.com

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Post by phpScott »

If you are in the UK or plan on doing work for UK companies then you should read this article as it talks about what we are discussing.

As I said before tables aren't illegal but they do make your life harder to comply with the new rules about accesibility.

http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-frien ... ents.shtml
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