On Fri, 28 May 2004 17:41:38 +1000, Gary Menzel wrote: > And, other than remembering the "old" hacks (versus the new > ones he was still to implement to fix up some of the CSS/XHTML > incompatibilities) it was all smooth sailing from beginning to end.
Yes, it concerned me that he says: "Although CSS-based design is really fast when you get used to it, you must spend a significant amount of time getting to know the rules, the box model differences, browser quirks and other theory. This comes through practice and practice only. In short: it's much easier to just use tables." And doesn't seem to recognise that table-based development itself has a learning curve; while doing the first build, he had a space caused by a carriage return - it takes practice and practice to learn those, hacks, too. I do think that time will cure these wounds - the hacks will become better known, and the browsers will improve and require fewer hacks. And we'll look back to the good old days when you *really* had to know your stuff to build a good looking webpage ;) Lea ~ sorry for forgetting the subject, guys! Its the toddler trying to drag me off my chair, really! <g> -- Lea de Groot Elysian Systems - I Understand the Internet <http://elysiansystems.com/> Web Design, Usability, Information Architecture, Search Engine Optimisation Brisbane, Australia ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
