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04-06-2009, 04:30 PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong... but isn't every bit of code and what is displayed on a website considered data ? So to the people that keep saying that... it doesn't make any sense. Please be more specific.
An experienced table user can very easily create any (ANY) layout with tables, without sacrificing code cleanliness.
So what you're saying, Jabster, is that table layouts are timed, and will expire shortly after creating ?
I didn't say wordpress layouts, I said wordpress-like layouts. They all seem to follow the same pattern. Blog with comments on left; RSS feed and archive on right. "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa
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04-16-2009, 09:37 PM
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Well yes, technically it's all data that is being downloaded and parsed by your browser, one way or another. I think people mean to say that tables are meant for displaying tabular content, and not really meant for layout.
Of course they can be used for layout. When I got started building sites, there were no other options! But divs and css are really a more flexible system.
You can do a "wordpress like" two column layout with table, sure. But it's harder to maintain. For example, with a div/css based layout you can do some impressive things - like custom stylesheets for printing or totally changing the look of a page by just including a new stylesheet.
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04-19-2009, 05:28 AM
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divs all the way, you can have much content as you want, where in tables, ugh :\ what a hassle.
xhtml/css all the way
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04-22-2009, 01:49 PM
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I find this discussion going on all the time. Although I personally do support divs due to its simplicity and ease of changing styles. I don't mind tables as for set designs it is much easier to edit.
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04-22-2009, 06:19 PM
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nowadays it's all about divs.
of course that if you need a website to display a table, including statistics, and if -- ONLY IF-- you are not an experienced coder, it wouldn't be a sin if u used tables instead of divs
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04-22-2009, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by hue
Correct me if I'm wrong... but isn't every bit of code and what is displayed on a website considered data ? So to the people that keep saying that... it doesn't make any sense. Please be more specific.
An experienced table user can very easily create any (ANY) layout with tables, without sacrificing code cleanliness.
So what you're saying, Jabster, is that table layouts are timed, and will expire shortly after creating ?
I didn't say wordpress layouts, I said wordpress-like layouts. They all seem to follow the same pattern. Blog with comments on left; RSS feed and archive on right. "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa
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Actually in way a table layout is timed and will expire shortly. At least not as long lasting as a css design will be. The problem is that to change design without content change is rather bit hassle to do with tables as css takes care of this problem quite cleanly.
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04-23-2009, 08:58 AM
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We have to follow the way the web progress so i would say <div id=xhtml css>table</div>
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04-23-2009, 03:45 PM
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04-23-2009, 03:47 PM
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04-25-2009, 09:07 AM
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My reply is always ..
Try to build a table with 8 rows and 8 columns with a border, cellpadding and cellspacing with divs!
Scary huh! Would take a few seconds with tables whereas with divs many minutes. Div language is not complete either for example text-align aligns images too. There are pro and cons for both. I get more frustrated with divs more than with tables but divs cannot be ignored.
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