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20 | 37.04% |
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34 | 62.96% |
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Here I would like to start a discussion about pro and contra for tabels or tableless (css) layouts.
When you vote, please explain why have you voted for what you have voted. This can turn into a great study! Thanks!!!
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Dumb polling question.
The best sites on the web currently use both tables and CSS. So do I for several reasons. First, HTML, XHTML, and every other markup language currently recognized by browser manufacturers are all children of parent SGML - which none of them recognize. That's because SGML, like it's little offspring XML, is all about structure and nothing about content. CSS, on the other hand, has nothing to do with layout (read structure) and everything to do with adjusting content. So talking about "CSS without tables" is like talking about mascara without skeletons or visa versa. CSS is not a King-Hell solution for serious developers of any stripe at this juncture. It's just a tool to manage content as best you can. The W3C adopted it to override all the stupid personal settings browsers allow to "empower" users, which mirrors the idiotic Twain incompatability printer manufacturers perpetuated for years.
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HTML and XHTML are specifically intended to markup the content of a web page. The tags are meant to denote what type of content they enclose. A heading tag (<h1>, <h2>, etc.) is supposed to mark a heading and subsequent subheadings, a paragraph tag is supposed to denote a paragraph, etc. This markup also defines the logical structure of your document. View your web page in Lynx and you'll quickly see the underlying structure of a page. Quote:
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Want to see what some developers have done with content (XHTML) separated from layout (CSS)? Take a look at css Zen Garden. One XHTML file with the content, and dozens of different CSS files to describe the layout. For good contrast, take a look at this layout, Night Drive by Dave Shea, then look at Backyard by Ray Henry. Both of these use exactly the same XHTML file, but different CSS. The content of the pages is exactly the same. The layout is different. CSS does not "manage" content, but describes the way in which the developer wishes certain content to be displayed on a particular device. The W3C proposed the CSS standard in order to separate the content of a page from its display characteristics (layout). This was the intention of HTML from the very beginning. This is both the past and the future of web design. Modern browsers allow users to override certain things on purpose. One of the other original intents of HTML was the the browser (i.e. person viewing the site) should have the final determination of how a page was displayed. Does that person have poor eyesight? color-blindness? Let them view the pages in a high-contrast color scheme or large font scheme if they want. Forcing everyone to view a page with red 10 point text on a black background is not the way the web is supposed to work. |
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