Sorta. Screen readers, being external programs, really had no trouble dealing with tables. The tag wasn't semantic, sure; but the intent and reasoning wasn't exactly difficult.
I suspect that the giant explosion in primitives for a screen reader to deal with had actually made the job harder.
And this is ignoring the explosion in nested divs that most modern sites have.
I suspect that the giant explosion in primitives for a screen reader to deal with had actually made the job harder.
And this is ignoring the explosion in nested divs that most modern sites have.