designer wrote:
I mention this problem because, in the discussion on table usage, someone (John?) said he doubted if there was a single example where CSS didn't work and a table did. As far as I know, this is one of them . . .
...it is?
... many folk still like to place their content inside an 800 by 600 screen area AND have it centered both ways. Some say this is 'old-style' design, others prefer it to a 3-col clutter. It's just a matter of taste. To those people, this is worth discussing, surely?
Sure, and why not have it all in one go: - no table for layout - dead center (in part) - 3 column (clutter) - redesign (and keep on redesigning) until it comes out alright. Think this will do as demo: <http://www.gunlaug.no/tos/moa_8d.html> ...look out for "fixed"-- it's not a background. Never mind the semantics... this _is_ just a test-page. I don't think tables are 100% obsolete as layout-method just yet, but it is pretty close. We can't copy all table-designs using CSS-based methods, but really; we can't convert many good CSS-based designs back to tables either. Apart from the built in weaknesses of table-based designs of any degree of complexity; tables are pretty limiting and can't deliver on designs that'll live up to my taste. Neither can CSS-based layout for that matter, but it sure can deliver more. Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
