RE: [WSG] getting ride of table layout

2004-06-08 Thread Patrick Lauke
You can get clever and offer abbreviations and such - I believe the attribute is 'abbr'? - but I don't have an URL handy. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html#h-11.2.6 Patrick Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford

Re: [WSG] getting ride of table layout

2004-06-08 Thread Jad Madi
hmm well its bad idea to use table in my case. I'll try to find a better way to list my hosting plans maybe boxes module ah its hard to build a good site heh Thank you folks On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 09:34:58 +0100, Patrick Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can get clever and offer

Re: [WSG] getting ride of table layout

2004-06-07 Thread Russ Weakley - Maxdesign
This is a perfect example of tabular data - it is semantically correct inside a table. Instead of thinking of ways to convert it into divs, you should be working on implementing accessibility features: id, headers for, summary, caption, etc. A rough example if id's and headers in action is here:

Re: [WSG] getting ride of table layout

2004-06-07 Thread Jad Madi
thank you Russ you know what! I feel like you are the only one who can understand What web is and what Web standards is heh Thank you mate On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:07:57 +1000, Russ Weakley - Maxdesign [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a perfect example of tabular data - it is semantically correct

Re: [WSG] getting ride of table layout

2004-06-07 Thread Jad Madi
Thank you guys On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 20:21:36 +1000, Mark Stanton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jad That really looks like table data to me so I think its best to keep it in tables. Tables are not evil in and of themselves, in fact they are very useful in cases like yours. Its just when they

RE: [WSG] getting ride of table layout

2004-06-07 Thread Mike Pepper
Sent: 07 June 2004 11:08 To: Web Standards Group Subject: Re: [WSG] getting ride of table layout This is a perfect example of tabular data - it is semantically correct inside a table. Instead of thinking of ways to convert it into divs, you should be working on implementing accessibility features

Re: [WSG] getting ride of table layout

2004-06-07 Thread RC Pierce
: Monday, June 07, 2004 5:59 AM Subject: RE: [WSG] getting ride of table layout That's a good one Russ, very handy, helps build a mental picture too! Thanks. Regards, Amit Karmakar www.karmakars.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russ

RE: [WSG] getting ride of table layout

2004-06-07 Thread Patrick Lauke
One question, though: When this table is linearized will it still make sense? In the case of properly coded (read: with correct table headings, scope, etc) data tables, meaningful linearisation should be taken care of by the user agent. Don't worry about it...this should not, in my view anyway,

Re: [WSG] getting ride of table layout

2004-06-07 Thread Lea de Groot
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 16:07:36 -0600, RC Pierce wrote: One question, though: When this table is linearized will it still make sense? snip nbsp; = Disk Space = Bandwidth = c.; = Bronze = 400 MB = 7 GB = c.; = Silver = c.; = Gold = c.; = Platinum = c.; I haven't looked at the source of the