tee g. peng wrote:
Hi I have a question, should ebay listing alike be tabular layout?
Have a small job comes in that client asks to convert an ebay alike
auction layout (which is done in table) to css. I think it's tabular
justifiable and therefor do not wish client to spend unnecessary money
for me to do the conversion. Thought I get a second opinion from you
experts.
Hardly an expert here Tee, however, I'll try and see if my understanding
of semantics on the web is right:
Do the items in the table have a relationship to each other? For
example, I assume you're talking about an auction listing, perhaps
selling items of some sort. In which case, a table might make sense, as
there is a relationship between the price (for eg) of an item, and its'
name.
A good rule of thumb, which I have used often is to see whether I would
use a table while laying the same data out if I was doing the same job,
but for print. If a table makes sense there, semantically, it probably
will make sense on the web too.
Cheers,
- Rahul (first post to WSG!).
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