Posted by dorayme on 11/05/07 04:25

In article <_Nydne-56YkiCbPanZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
> > In article <8bGdnRMn5MqA8bPanZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> > Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >> You wanted to know what I mean when I say a table can't be fluid. I
> >> gave you an example.
> >
> > Look, it seems that we are on different wavelengths here. In my
> > understanding, an example of something that cannot exist cannot
> > be given. So why don't you be a little more precise in your words
> > and thoughts. It does no good endlessly repeating your same very
> > few words.
> >
>
> No, I gave you an example of a fluid design which can be easily
> accomplished in CSS, but not with tables.
>

You *gave* no such thing. You asked me to wrap data around a
picture (whatever that means and it could mean a whole bunch of
things). That is not giving a fluid design.


> > I have in mind that you may have some misconceptions, that you
> > are rolling a whole lot of concepts into the idea of fluid and it
> > is you who should be sorting all this out, considering it is you
> > who is making the big claim. Table based layout can easily be
> > user friendly in respect to using the size of the screen. A
> > simple example is a 100% wide table that has 2 columns, one that
> > is enough to hold a navigation list, the other for all the
> > content. That is a table layout. It is plenty fluid in many
> > senses of the word. Naturally, if you are meaning that a table
> > layout cannot involve css or em based or % dimensioning and has
> > to involve tables within tables and whatever then you are putting
> > up a straw man. That discussion is long dead.
> >
>
> No, I'm not.

No you are not what?


>Fluid design is much more than setting a table to 100%
> width of the window. That concept is from the 90's.
>

And who suggested any such thing? Not me.

> Nowadays fluid layouts can adjust to text size, window size. Content
> isn't limited to just the two columns you mention - in fact, content can
> wrap around the navigation area. Images in the window can have text
> wrapped around them. And a whole bunch more that goes into a true fluid
> design.

You are now just babbling trendy talk and being totally
imprecise.

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dorayme

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