Re: CSS & tables

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Robert Cummings wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 15:12 -0400, HallMarc Websites wrote:
>   
>> Um... sorry to jump in as a late arrival yet there you go....
>>
>> What limitations? You could provide a layered layout using CSS and png
>> graphic format. As for setting up columns check out float and clear and
>> you're all set. TABLE, TR, TD, TBODY, etc were never intended to be used in
>> the manner we see today. If you are blind and you hit a site with a mess of
>> nested tables then.. well you might leave because of the garbage you have to
>> listen to when the page loads. Speaking of which, correct me if I am wrong
>> and my info is out of date but TABLEs are loaded one at a time by browsers
>> and cause longer load times than necessary.
>>
>> All in CSS is the way to go. CSS3 will make our lives easier and will
>> contain so many new features that it will be released in batches (modules)
>>
>> Sorry, I just couldn't read that statement about CSS being limited without
>> speaking up.
>>     
>
> I should have commented on your other comments too...
>
> A table layout will generally not degrade the readability of the content
> for blind people if the content organized within is such that it will
> linearize. Similarly, this is true of nested tables. Browsers today are
> so fast and good at rendering HTML that you would need some very serious
> nesting to cause problems for the load time. I'm all for CSS, but I
> definitely think there are some deficiencies in the browser support
> currently. I've gone through all kinds of float hell for table-less
> layouts for government website HTML, that's fine, but by no means is it
> a walk in the park for all cases, especially where older browser
> compatibility is necessary. BTW, Google's homepage still uses a table
> layout. I'm sure there's a reason for it.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.
>   
Oh, yes, I had forgotten about the compatibility... I made a nice, very
simple index.php which blew away a client... but on IE it looks like,
well... see my attachment.sheisse

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