Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/05/07 20:11

Ed Jensen wrote:
> In alt.html Red E. Kilowatt <redkilowattREMOVE@aww-faq.org> wrote:
>> Simple for you, maybe. I find CSS incomprehensible for anything beyond
>> specifying fonts and backgrounds, like trying to position boxes within
>> an overall layout.
>>
>> And honestly, I don't want to learn, because as far as I'm concerned
>> tables work fine. Granted, improving the text to mark-up ratio on my
>> sites would probably help their search engine ranking slightly, but I'd
>> rather send my time figuring out new ways to make money.
>
> Speaking from the viewpoint of a USER of the web rather than from the
> viewpoint of a DEVELOPER of web sites:
>
> I prefer web sites built with table-based layouts. I have trouble
> reading the tiny, tiny fonts that are all the rage on the web these
> days. I almost always increase the font size a step or two.
>

I understand what you're saying - I do the same. But don't blame CSS on
the developer's poor choice of font sizes.

> Table-based layouts seem to handle my font size increases without any
> problems (for the most part).
>
> CSS-based layouts seem to have trouble handling my font size
> increases. This usually results in sections overlapping other
> sections and, in many cases, some sections being completely obscured.
> Sometimes, sections even vanish entirely, apparently being rendered
> into some kind of void.
>

Not if they're designed properly. However, there are too many people
who think they're web developers who don't have any idea what they're
doing. And they don't try different default font sizes.

> Right about now, I'm sure Ivory Tower types are blaming this on web
> developers writing bad CSS or something. But the fact of the matter
> is, if a tool makes it hard to do things right, then the tool should
> probably be considered fundamentally broken.
>

Sure. Good CSS doesn't suffer from those problems. It's all in
understanding the markup and testing.

> As a result, I tend to consider CSS fundamentally broken for the task
> of layout.
>

Not at all.

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