Paul Novitski wrote:
At 11:34 AM 1/4/05, Charles Martin wrote:
Tables wouldn't do this. Also, lists are just easier for me to use than tables, and tables create more code weight than do lists. Anybody have thoughts on this?
Well, for me, the deciding factor on using a table is if the elements contained in the table are 2 dimensional.
I agree with you, however for the sake of completeness let me add that two-dimensionality doesn't mandate tables per se. A definition list is also two-dimensional -- N rows by N columns, with the structural peculiarity that first column is DT (inline) and the subsequent 1-N columns are DDs (block), structurally resembling a table in which the first cell of each row is a TH.
Very good catch, Paul. I agree with you completely. I guess I was so bent on pointing out that if the group of elements fails the test that it is not a table. However, I did forget that other groups of elements may meet the "two-dimensional" status (such as definition lists as you point out) and are also not a table. Almost sounds like we need to put together a decision tree :) _____
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