On 1/11/07, David Mintz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This thread probably belongs on front-end
Yes! NYPHP has a special-interest list dedicated to discussing markup, css, javascript and the like. Of course, now that we're all web 2 point oh, the distinction is going away... http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/front-end
no doubt but that tables are for tabular data. Forms are the one thing with which I haven't been able to get clean and sober, because aligning all the elements with pure CSS -- at least for a non-guru like myself, judging from the solutions I've seen and tried -- is a PITA.
Yeah, I think the rush to embrace table-less layout is similar to the rush to embrace XML. It's good to tend in the direction of using style sheets for positioning elements relative to one another, but not to the point where you lose productive hours trying to re-implement the table tag. Tables aren't just for tabular data. They can also be extremely handy for tabular layout of labeled controls, which is exactly what most forms are. Tables are also indispensable for the structured display of mixed-media information, such as thumbnails and descriptions. Small, localised use where necessary, in other words, rather than being the foundation of the entire page's design. -- Chris Snyder http://chxo.com/ _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
