James, sounds like you've answered your own question/doubt then? Perhaps you should head your 'list' as <h1>Prices</h1> and not <h1>Price List</h1>?
2008/8/11 James Jeffery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Disagree. > > Many shopping carts on the web have product lists or summarys marked up in > a table. When you look at it from the point of view where one column is the > products and the other is the price, and another is VAT per product its more > semantic to do it that way. > > Again, just because something is a list does not mean it should be in a > list. Take for example students grades. The school needs to list the name, > the subject, the expected grade, the outcome (30/30) and a percentage > (100%). You could easily say its a list of students grades, because it is, > but you are not going to put that into a list because it would be wrong to. > > James > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Stuart Foulstone < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> A list is the most appropriate for a list. >> >> The fact that "price list" states "list" DOES mean a list should be used - >> when you use the term "list" that's what the user then expects it to be. >> >> If you don't want to use a list (for whatever pedantic reason) then don't >> call it one. If you want to use a table, call it a table. >> >> Not using a list when a list is appropriate is just as bad as not using a >> table when a table is appropriate. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, August 11, 2008 9:31 am, silky wrote: >> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:01 PM, James Jeffery >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> In the past I have tryed to avoid tables as much as possible and >> >> sometimes >> >> going as far as using lists for data that "should" be placed in tables. >> >> I am >> >> trying to sway away from the 'never use tables' crowd and have started >> >> to >> >> use them when they need to be used. >> >> >> >> I am working on a tattoo website and the client wants a list of pricing >> >> for >> >> tattoos and peircings. Would you say this is a good candidate for a >> >> table? >> > >> > use a table. >> > >> > those that say 'never use tables' are insane and often think that >> > 'css' and 'tables' are mutually exclusive. i ignore those people. >> > >> > tables are perfectly appropriate for this situation. >> > >> > >> >> Although 'price list' states list, its not to say that a list should be >> >> used. >> >> >> >> Any ideas. >> >> >> >> James >> > >> > -- >> > silky >> > http://www.themonkeynet.com/armada/ >> > http://www.boxofgoodfeelings.com/ >> > http://www.themonkeynet.com/ >> > http://lets.coozi.com.au/ >> > >> > >> > ******************************************************************* >> > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > ******************************************************************* >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ******************************************************************* >> >> > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > -- / Rob Enslin / enslin.co.uk / twitter.com/robenslin / +44759 052 8890 ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
