Yes, it does make a difference, if you use a table or a div. DIV are made for that: DIVide the page in areas. In my opinion, they are more like a tool to make the CSS work a little easier (and keep us sane). They are misused, indeed, but a being a *much* less semantic tag, it's less evil for the meaning of the page. IMHO.
spark On 4/11/06, Samuel Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes but he's talking about using a DIV to force open an area of the > page. It doesn't matter if you use a div or a table because in both > cases you're using an HTML element as presentation (even if you can't > see it). > > > Joseph Bernhardt wrote: > > W3C - "Tables should not be used purely as a means to layout document > > content as this may present problems when rendering to non-visual media. > > Additionally, when used with graphics, these tables may force users to > > scroll horizontally to view a table designed on a system with a larger > > display. To minimize these problems, authors should use style sheets > > <../present/styles.html> to control layout rather than tables." > > > > Using a table in this case will not present any problems, no. But > > (correct me if I am wrong), the main purpose of a table was originally > > designed to display a relationship between multiple sets of data (ie: > > spreadsheet). A table can, in fact, be used for display purposes when > > containing relevant data but for the problem at hand I am sticking with > > my recommendation of a div. > > Thanks though! > > > > Jough > > > > Samuel Richardson wrote: > > > >> Might as well just use a table in that case. > >> > >> > >> Joseph Bernhardt wrote: > >> > >>> Eww! Using HTML elements to solve a display issue? I know where you > >>> are coming from, I have had 'clients' like this before, too. > >>> > >>> I have had to use MS CSS expressions to solve the issue of position > >>> fixed and found it relatively easy to use, although I would have > >>> rather not used it had there been another way. As far as min/max > >>> width, have you tried placing a nested div within the area to be > >>> min-width'd with padding of the amount to be width'd and contents of > >>> a non-breaking space? Sound's like that might work to me, anyone else? > >>> > >>> Jough > >>> > >>> > >>> Ricci Angela wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hello everybody > >>>> > >>>> Following the late discussion about fluid/elastic layouts, I was > >>>> wondered if somebody out there has some feedback concerning the use > >>>> of Microsoft's "Dynamic properties" proprietary solution for fixing > >>>> the lack of min/max-width support. > >>>> After some discussion with my client, they "impose" me the use > >>>> of a one-cell table to fix this for IE, but I really think it is a > >>>> pitty to have to do it... And, besides a javascript solution, all > >>>> I've found out was MS dynamic properties. If somebody already used > >>>> those, please could you share your experiences ? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks a lot!!!! > >>>> Angela > >>>> ****************************************************** > >>>> The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > >>>> > >>>> See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > >>>> for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > >>>> ****************************************************** > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ****************************************************** > >>> The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > >>> > >>> See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > >>> for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > >>> ****************************************************** > >>> > >>> > >> ****************************************************** > >> The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > >> > >> See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > >> for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > >> ****************************************************** > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ****************************************************** > > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > > ****************************************************** > > > > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > -- [web] http://synapsisdi.com.br [livesets] http://djspark.com.br ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
