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 Apr 15 2008, 10:09 AM
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Apr 15 2008, 06:17 PM
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 torn Group: Official Designer Posts: 953 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 55,718 |
What exactly was wrong with the <table> tag, anyway? Why is everyone so against it?
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Apr 15 2008, 08:54 PM
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QUOTE(doublehelix @ Apr 15 2008, 05:11 PM)  What are the benefits of this to using divs and positioning? A time-saver? As the article suggests, such a scheme is much easier to create, understand, and maintain. |
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Apr 16 2008, 01:38 AM
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 ‹(. .)› Group: Official Member Posts: 2,367 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,089 |
FINALLY. SUPPORT FOR TABLES :O i'm glad 'cause i'm such a table coder ;x </rebelliousness>
QUOTE(dreamstar7 @ Apr 15 2008, 03:17 PM) What exactly was wrong with the <table> tag, anyway? Why is everyone so against it? it's been a long fought war between table and table-less design coding. imo, it's just about preferences, but there are people out there that will argue to the death the technical advantages of divs over tables (enter the web 2.0 trend). i do love tables though. i think it makes the coding more organized and structured, tabular data or not. QUOTE(doublehelix @ Apr 15 2008, 01:11 PM) What are the benefits of this to using divs and positioning? A time-saver? if you're just going to put one thing, let's say an image, in a particular spot on a page, then yes, div positioning is way easier, as it only takes a couple lines of coding to position the image just right. i think people in that article are most concerned about --as are most "table coders"-- the three column layout, which is pretty annoying to do using divs with unordered lists and floats. |
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Apr 21 2008, 05:48 AM
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 Kissing for yesterday. Group: Official Designer Posts: 465 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 569,813 |
this is really quite useful, thanks
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Apr 21 2008, 06:53 AM
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 g33k Group: Member Posts: 9 Joined: Aug 2007 Member No: 557,747 |
QUOTE(dreamstar7 @ Apr 15 2008, 06:17 PM) What exactly was wrong with the <table> tag, anyway? Why is everyone so against it? By web standards using tables to create a layout is the wrong way to use tables; tables were meant to store data like a spreadsheet. |
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Apr 21 2008, 08:34 AM
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 Melieized Group: Official Designer Posts: 1,372 Joined: Nov 2006 Member No: 478,715 |
QUOTE(vintage-toile @ Apr 21 2008, 05:48 AM) this is really quite useful, thanks i agree |
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Apr 21 2008, 01:33 PM
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 Hey, I'm Mike Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 406,241 |
Awesome info maybe I'll try it sometime
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Apr 21 2008, 05:34 PM
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torn Group: Official Designer Posts: 953 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 55,718 |
QUOTE(paintedskies @ Apr 21 2008, 03:53 AM) By web standards using tables to create a layout is the wrong way to use tables; tables were meant to store data like a spreadsheet. But if it works, then why should it matter if it's "wrong" or "right"? o_O I don't know, I just can't see anything as "wrong" in coding if it serves whatever purpose you're using it for and it doesn't cause any problems. |
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