using a CSS "for the sake of it approach" creating multi column layouts and "faffing about"
I don't look at it that way...it's quite easy to get everything to work right without tables if you're willing to put the effort in. Since mid 03 I have stopped using tables for anything other than what they're supposed to contain...tabular data. That's their purpose in the world, just like ours is to pay outrageous taxes and work our butts off for low pay (isn't it?). I've had very few issues arise since...less than the layouts before, that's for sure.
The worst thing that ever happened to the web was the idea of using tables for layout, although frames are a very close second. Accessibility should be the primary concern of every developer for the web. The web was intended to make sharing information/data/etc. simple and far-reaching.
Why a developer would make so much more work for him/her self is beyond me when there's a valid, easy, better, standardized alternative.
~MD
On May 11, 2004, at 20:49, James Ellis wrote:
1. I have a multi-column layout... when I psuh the site to a layout for handheld I'll turn off the floats that handle the columns. The content will then cascade down the page. This will involve adding a new stylesheet and linking to it via a media attr, a user agent sniff or a hyperlink for the user.
2. I have a multi-column layout... when I push the site to a layout for handheld I'll have to change the markup so that the table rows have only one cell in them each. This will also affect the screen and print versions of the site (so I'll have to do mutiple markup for the same content).
Which one is easier and better in the long run?
faffing around with rowspans and colspans can be frustrating as well. The difference being that one method has a future, the other doesn't.
Cheers James
Neerav wrote:
hear hear .. multi-columnnar sites are much easier to do with a single wrap around table and work cross-browser than using a CSS "for the sake of it approach" creating multi column layouts and "faffing about" s=as Mike says
standards are all well and good, and where possible I have no problem with adhering to the letter and spirit of webs standards, but sometimes things like wrap around tables are indispensible.
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