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 Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 09/02/06 17:30 
jokla wrote: 
> Jonathan N. Little wrote: 
>> jokla wrote: 
>> 
>>> BTW, you guys convinced me to go back to tables . . . even if I don't 
>>> like to do that 
>>> 
>> You misunderstand, it is *not* that tables are not longer valid it is 
>> that they should not be used to layout your page, i.e., "to place your 
>> nav links here and your logo over there..." But what you have here is a 
>> table, 3 columns of data which I can guess is 'part number', 
>> 'description', and 'price'. Now if you were using a table to build your 
>> *list* of links on your navbar or to divide up your page as top banner, 
>> navbar and content, that would be an abuse of tables as layout! 
 
> I'm aware of this . . . I just find tables unhandy and not very style 
> friendly . . . 
>  
 
Not sure what you mean. A table is a table, a list a list, a paragraph  
is a paragraph, you should markup as the content semantically requires.  
I don find any difficulties styling any elements, except when floating  
is involved at times... 
 
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Take care, 
 
Jonathan 
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