I'll take another stab at this, though others may disagree.
I would define CSS-driven as probably requiring external CSS file(s),
as opposed inline CSS enhancement (your term) per page. That
separates the presentation (in the CSS files) from the content
cleanly and allows the CSS file(s) to control the presentation of all
your pages, not just one at a time with inline CSS. It's not clear
how the CSS is written in your example. Can you clarify? I may still
be missing your point.
Are you asking if using lists is always better than using tables?
Depends on the content. A definition list can work sometimes, but I
find it's pushing the limits sometimes.
I find people on this list aim to push HTML and XHTML to their
semantic limits, from which I learn a lot. But IMHO, HTML and XHTML
are very limited semantically, especially when compared to XML, so
sometimes we go beyond the practical. Often discussions about tabular
data displayed as definition lists pushes the limit for me. But
again, I have no idea if that's what you're considering.
Best regards,
Marilyn Langfeld
Langfeldesigns
http://www.langfeldesigns.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Dec 12, 2005, at 1:29 PM, Emma Dobrescu wrote:
Thanks for the answer Marilyn.
As I wrote before, I never implied that tables are meant to be used
for
layouts.I for one don't use tables ...haven't used them for quite a
long
time.
But that doesn't mean they can't be used, if tabular data is
involved. And
obviously I see no "hacking" in using tables. I am sorry if you
assumed that
I meant using tables for layout in my previous posts.As someone
mentioned,
this is the WSG - thus we are supposed to know a few things about
standards
and use them.
Let's suppose you have a page that involves tabular data. You got two
versions of this page, one built with divs/spans/lists and another
one built
with tables. Both versions are css enhanced.
Why would you call one "css driven" and the other one not?
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