On 4 Nov 2008, at 15:10, Jean-Marc (M2i3.com) wrote:

>
> Garett,
>
> Table for layout are generally considered bad but for data when data
> is tabular you SHOULD be using a table.
>
> Using divs, lists or other markup will only cloud the actual meaning
> of the information you're presenting and depending on the browser the
> visitor is using you could very well render the information
> unusable.
>
In particular people with screen readers/other accessibility devices.

Fred
> Table were meant for tabular data... so if you have tabular data use
> them.
>
> Btw, there are multiple tags dealing with tables which you will want
> to look into (I mean part the TABLE, TR and TD).  look into the THEAD,
> TBODY, TFOOT, TH (for headings, to separate titles from data).
>
> Jean-Marc
> http://m2i3.com/blog/jean-marc
>
>
> On Nov 3, 9:33 pm, Garrett Berneche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> I know this is accepted practice for layouts, but I am dealing with
>> tabular data.  Do I still want to replace them with divs?  Off hand  
>> it
>> seems to me that this would be more complex then doing it with nested
>> lists.
>>
>> On Nov 3, 11:31 am, Thorsten Müller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Just use divs, position & style them as you like with css, like  
>>> float:
>>> left.
> >


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