It worked correctly in 2.4.
See http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html which states: "If two or more defined regions overlap, the region-defining element that appears earliest in the document takes precedence (i.e., responds to user input)." The cells need to appear before the table to have any effect.
If it matters, I'm using pango support on the box running 2.12 but not the one running 2.4
Comments:
[erg] Yes, the switch to plugins with 2.12 caused a lot of things to break, including the map stuff.
I believe this has all been fixed int the working release. If possible, please install that and see if
the problems are fixed. If not, obviously let us know
Owner: erg
Status: Fixed