Christian Montoya wrote: > On 10/26/06, Paul Novitski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> At 10/26/2006 04:06 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: >>> Paul Novitski wrote: >>>> If you haven't already, please read my List Apart article >>>> <http://alistapart.com/articles/multicolumnlists/>. I'd love it if >>>> you could improve on any of those techniques or come up with ones I >>>> hadn't considered. >>> >>> Hi Paul, >>> What about this one?: http://www.tjkdesign.com/test/ >>> ;-) >> >> Table-based markup! How ingenious! You're a regular pioneer of the >> untrod realms, Thierry. > > I highly doubt that the idea of using tables for layout will ever > catch on =)
I don't agree :-) IMO, the goal should be to deliver the *cleanest* document possible, with the least amount of structural hack, hook, etc. In the example I posted, one can't get cleaner than that. The only issue I see is that screen-readers end up with a table. But I have an idea about this: what about going one step further than styles switchers, why not implementing *behavior* switchers? I mean, any fail-safe solution that targets visual browsers could be turned off. I'd say that would be more valuable for many users than giving them a choice between different "skins" or "text-size" ;-) This document is semantic and has nothing extra to parse: http://www.tjkdesign.com/test/ on top of that, it is possible to make the list display across different number of columns without having to edit the markup nor the stylesheet; actually, there is *no* stylesheet ;) Disabling the script is all what is needed for screen-readers to speak the links in the proper sequence. Think about it... ;-) --- Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
