Posted by dorayme on 11/05/07 00:46

In article <hf2dnY16g4LT_LPanZ2dnUVZ_jadnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
> > In article <4uCdnaAAs5pvqLDanZ2dnUVZ_qXinZ2d@comcast.com>,
> > Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >> dorayme wrote:
> >>> In article <nIadnR_KOZMCgLDanZ2dnUVZ_v2pnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> >>> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Tables cannot really be
> >>>> fluid.
> >>> You have said this twice now but have not indicated what you
> >>> mean. A table of tabular data can be very fluid or it can be not
> >>> very fluid (because of poor design and the use of fixed widths
> >>> etc). So what does it mean to say "cannot be really fluid"?
> >>>
> >> Let's see you wrap data in a table around a picture, for instance.
> >
> > Data? Around a picture? In a table? What will it prove to show
> > text flowing around a pic in a table cell? If I can show you a
> > table with a cell that has a pic in it with text flowing around
> > it, will you then give up saying that "tables cannot really be
> > fluid"? Are you just going to use the word "really" as a licence
> > never to revise your statement and just keep hinting at its truth
> > instead of enlarging on it so that what *you* mean is clearer?
> >
> > Just for the record, I do not think it is a good idea in general
> > these days to be using tables for making new pages (using them
> > for tabular data is another matter of course).
> >
>
> Just for the record - you asked for an example. I gave you one. There
> are dozens more.

First, I did not ask 'for an example'. Second, where is the
example you claim to have given? And what exactly is it an
example of? And you have not answered the question I asked you
about what it would prove if *I* gave *you* a table with a cell
that had a picture with text wrapped around.

Look, I am not interested if you are merely saying something that
is somehow supposed to be a placeholder for all the pros of
semantic markup and good css styling. Even if you could rub a few
words together and do this, you would be preaching to the
converted. You made a claim that tables cannot be "really fluid"
and I was merely asking what *you* meant by this. I can think of
a few meanings, some of which support your claim and some not.

--
dorayme

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