I would like to see a third version that uses a combination of the two, the best of each method merged.. The Hybrid Approach.
Regards Chris Blown On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 17:41, Gary Menzel wrote: > > Sergio Villarreal has written 'Tables Vs. CSS - A Fight to the > Death', > > a SitePoint article where he does the same design in tables and then > in > > css, and then comes to some conclusions about which was better. > > http://www.sitepoint.com/article/tables-vs-css > > Interesting read. > > After finishing reading this, I felt like I was Luke Skywalker and had > just found out that Darth Vader was my father. > > I wanted to join the dark side of the force and go back to coding with > tables again. > > I'll tell you why....... > > It was the "compatibility" thing that got me. > > So..... he wrote more code (embedded tables "shudder") - but he > delivered an acceptable end result that rendered "friendly" in > virtually all of the browsers. 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. > > The result with CSS and XHTML was less than pleasant and he still had > to go through the hack files to get it to work acceptably across the > majority of platforms. > > Dont worry though. I will continue on with CSS/XHTML. In the end, > Darth Vader wont seduce me to the dark side and he will finally, on > his death bed, repent of his sins and return to his rightful place and > the Emporer will lose. > > [NOTE: any similarities of the above-mentioned Star Wars (tm > LucasFilm) characters to anyone living or dead is purely > co-incidental] > > > > Gary Menzel > Web Development Manager > IT Operations Brisbane -+- ABN AMRO Morgans Limited > Level 29, 123 Eagle Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 > PH: 07 333 44 828 FX: 07 3834 0828 > > > To unsubscribe from this email please forward this email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If this communication is not intended for you and you are not an > authorised recipient of this email you are prohibited by law from > dealing with or relying on the email or any file attachments. This > prohibition includes reading, printing, copying, re-transmitting, > disseminating, storing or in any other way dealing or acting in > reliance on the information. If you have received this email in error, > we request you contact ABN AMRO Morgans Limited immediately by > returning the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and destroy the > original. We will refund any reasonable costs associated with > notifying ABN AMRO Morgans. This email is confidential and may contain > privileged client information. ABN AMRO Morgans has taken reasonable > steps to ensure the accuracy and integrity of all its communications, > including electronic communications, but accepts no liability for > materials transmitted. Materials may also be transmitted without the > knowledge of ABN AMRO Morgans. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited its directors > and employees do not accept liability for the results of any actions > taken or not on the basis of the information in this report. ABN AMRO > Morgans Limited and its associates hold or may hold securities in the > companies/trusts mentioned herein. Any recommendation is made on the > basis of our research of the investment and may not suit the specific > requirements of clients. Assessments of suitability to an individual?s > portfolio can only be made after an examination of the particular > client?s investments, financial circumstances and requirements. > ABN AMRO Morgans Limited (ABN 49 010 669 726 AFSL 235410) A > Participant of ASX Group ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
