> -----Original Message----- > From: John Allsopp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2005 11:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WSG] Tables and divs and soon > > Andreas, > > > I don't think "using tables is a very good way of raising > the risk of > > invalid documents" as John suggested, but rather people that use > > tables have > > got an old-fashioned mindset. > > I think in part you are right that it is mindset. But I'd also argue > that the simple use of tables increases the complexity of code, and > with it the chances of error. This is a lesson hard learned in > Software Engineering - complex languages and constructs, and > syntactic complexity raise the chances of error among all > developers.
Yeah, I see what you mean. So maybe we should agree to blame the complexity of tables and the stubbornness of people who use them. Hooraay! ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
