The discussion seems to have evolved around the benefits or otherwise of using CSS alone for layouts. Here's what Sam said of my noting that I found table layouts hard:
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:30:10 -0500, sam foster wrote: > Well, I for one have several more years experience making layouts > that way than with CSS. They also tend to be more forgiving - of > overwidth content for example. Yes and no. But now I see where you are coming from. You later explained: > I dont think I'm alone in thinking that CSS layout is harder than > table layout - where the result is just measured in a visual > comparison to the design comp. [...] See, I do not do layout professionally, and do not have to work from design comps. Now design comps certainly have their place, but I think that the web is _essentially_ a flexible medium. One of my first discoveries with CSS was the float drop. I found this very exciting, because instead of two small boxes getting "crushed" on enlarging text or opening the sidebar, one would drop below the other. The layout still "worked" even on narrow displays. "Looking identical" did not seem worth striving for. Since that discovery, I have found so much more practical uses of CSS that could not possibly done with tables that I have never even attempted another table layout. So I do understand why you used a table layout. It is a feasible solution to your problem - namely, replicating a rigid layout. I do encourage you to learn more about CSS, though. Browser support is improving greatly, while the variety of devices used to surf the 'Net is exploding. I think study of CSS will be well rewarded. > > Apologies if I'm just feeding the trolls. > Not at all. Good design is all about informed compromise. There is no one perfect method. Constructing a web site or a barn, one uses the techniques and materials on hand, as you implied by this: > At the end of the day, CSS styles markup and your options > are limited by the markup you've got available. > Cordially, David --
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