Posted by Neredbojias on 01/09/06 11:56

With neither quill nor qualm, Malte Christensen quothed:

> Bernhard Sturm wrote:
> > Malte Christensen wrote:
> >
> > why not dropping the table based layout entirely? you could achieve the
> > same layout by using <div>s, and your source code would be very easy to
> > read and maintain.
> > e.g.:
> > <div id="header">Header</div>
> > <div id="main">
> > <div id="menu">Menu</div>
> > <div id="main">Main Content</div>
> > </div>
> > <div id="footer"></div>
> >
> > this looks easier than your table construct (at least to me :-)
> >
> > bernhard
>
> Very true, and that is what I am attempting. The results using DIVs was
> very pleasing (to me) in every browser except MSIE, so I am back to
> showing the tables based pages until I fix whatever was wrong.

Remember this: whatever is "wrong" may not really be _wrong_; it might
simply be a case of mis-rendering in the poorly-compliant IE.

Also, I have no qualms about using tables over "esoteric" css layouts (-
which usually don't work in all browsers, anyway,) but have found that
most of the time simple css will suffice for the majority of designs
even considering the IE bugs.

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Neredbojias
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