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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