Re: CSS vs. Tables OT
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:14:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: CSS vs. Tables OT | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 18:53 -0500, Larry Garfield wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 April 2007 3:40 pm, Robert Cummings wrote:
>
> > > BTW, any web developer worth his or her salt with a reasonable amount of
> > > practice can make CSS layouts that resize as well as table based layouts
> > > everyday of the week. I will refer you to
> > > http://www.csszengarden.com/
> >
> > Only with hacks.
>
> Using tables for layout *is* a hack. A common one, but still a hack.
No, it's old school, the only way to do complex layout in the past. At
least tables are backward and forward compatible. CSS is only
semi-forward compatible.
Cheers,
Rob.
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