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Sep 30th, 2002, 07:56 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Stuck in the 80s
Tables
Why's everyone suddenly bashing tables?
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Oct 1st, 2002, 08:50 AM
#2
Fanatic Member
good question
It has got something to do with webpage layout and the W3C standards.
Here's a link for someone who obviously thinks the same... http://davespicks.com/essays/notables.html
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Oct 1st, 2002, 04:48 PM
#3
Addicted Member
Simple story,
tables are meant to tabulate data. If you are not tabulating and presenting data, don't use tables.
Why? Because an aural browser will be very confused by a table used for layout. So the blind population will have no choice but to boycott your site.
Besides, the goal of the web is to seperate content from layout. Using tables for layout underminds this.
Travis, Kung Foo Journeyman
Web Standards: HTML 4.01, CSS Level 2, ECMA 262 Bindings to DOM Level 1, JavaScript 1.5 Guide and Reference
Perl: Documentation, Learn Perl, Llama, Camel, Cookbook, Perl Monks, Perl Mongers, O'Reilly's Perl.com, ActiveState, CPAN, TPJ, and use Perl;
OSS: Mozilla, MySQL (Manual)
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Oct 1st, 2002, 05:04 PM
#4
Thread Starter
Stuck in the 80s
I'm still not convinced...
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