At 5:13 PM +0100 12/20/01, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: >RESULT: I'm all for using CSS where it makes sense, but, unfortunately, >it's not possible to completely avoid the use of HTML tables to drive >presentation without missing incredibly common functionality such as >coherently-resizable and horizontally-placed blocks.
I agree with Stefano's views. Sorry people, I may be thick, but I do not see why HTML all of a sudden is no longer up for the job. Yes it's old, clumsy, whatever, but it's perfectly fine for layout purposes, it is supported by browsers, it is reliable. CSS is fabulous and elegant, but you bet we'll still come across new implementations of IE or NC or whatever which won't comply with this or that bit of the specification. And, after they do, a new specification will come up. And so on, until finally a day will come when people realise that open source software is far better than M$, and that the W3C is the god of this realm and we'll all live happily ever after... See HTML like the matrix of a typographer, one that you can bend and twist, but that nevertheless you'd use just to accommodate content. Why not concentrate on that content, and how it's managed and served: if in future you'll scrap HTML for CSS or the next big thing, you'll have the content ready for a smooth migration. ... or am I missing something? -- ------------------------------ Max Guglielmino Corrosive http://www.corrosive.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
