Dwain Alford wrote:
ok, i'll bite. how does it change the meaning? i really don't
understand what you mean. after reading a later post about screen
readers and how they would go crazy with the dots, that i
understand;
but again, i don't understand your statement about changing the
meaning. what is the meaning in this case?
Why would this even merit a debate? If one wants to choose a
definition list for structure, then he has obviously determined that
it's logical for his particular application. If one chooses a table,
given the relationship Thierry presented, then that logic is also
valid.
If I had a relational database that joined an "employee_name" table to
a "position" table, then I might be inclined to use a table and it's
no more arguable then if I were creating a static relationship
directly on a page and decided to use a definition list.
The dots are academic since anyone with a good CSS grounding would
deploy them using a background image - not by typing in a bunch of
dots :-)
Consider this:
http://www.projectseven.com/csslab/tables/dotleader/
If Thierry wants to use a definition list, then that's his decision
and it's probably not going to end the world. If he wants to debate
with someone who's made his own decision to use a table and who,
perhaps, simply wants to know a good way to make the dots, then that
could be an invitation to a controversy.
--
Al Sparber
PVII
http://www.projectseven.com
"Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling
mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowledge that
repairs
are scheduled for next Tuesday".
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