RE: FN-FORUM: A very angry CSS user.

date posted 29th January 2005 20:27


> > He is talking solely about convenience for the developer
> and appears
> > to think that the only reason for changing is some purely
> theoretical
> > design/content division. I saw no mention at all (admittedly
> > scan-read a few paragraphs) of SEO, bandwidth,
> accessibility or any of
> > the other benefits available by removing table soup.
>
> > If you are an amateur designer with no concern for site
> promotion or
> > your users' convenience or if you are a cowby looking for
> sign-off at
> > minimal cost, then his points are 100% on the nail, if you are a
> > professional developer looking to deliver value to your
> clients and to
> > their customers, it is highly simplistic and naive.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Niels Reynolds [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> Slightly sweeping generalisations all round I think - horses
> for courses...
>
> N

Not sure if I am included in that, but it made me want to clarify - I am
not suggesting the above categories as the only people who use table
layout, that would be wholly wrong. In fact I was not stating my own
position on the issue, just addressing the validity of the article.

Rather I was pointing out that the article could only be considered in
any way complete and balanced if you fall into those categories - i.e.
if you are only considering convenience of development. For anyone else
the article is incomplete in failing to address several other tables v
css factors and therefore should not be taken alone in considering the
options.

Hope that is clearer

Dai

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