Not boring at all! Thanks for the explanation, Rafael! :o) Rick
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rafael > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:32 PM > To: Rick Faircloth > Cc: 'CSS Discussion' > Subject: Re: [css-d] Float list items [medium] > > Rick Faircloth wrote: > > Your example below is impressive, Georg, for sure. > > > > But just look at the CSS hoops you had to jump through > > just to get what looks like a simple table. > > > > Why go to so much trouble avoid using <table> ? > > Just because you can or is there a more compelling reason? > > > > I'm relatively new to the CSS scene, so these are sincere questions. > > > > Rick > > > Hi, Rick. > George's example is a quite complex one (from my point of view, > anyway), so that, and the lack of standard support by IE (and some > others?), is probably the reason why you see such code. > > Anyway, back to your question: Why not using a table? As George said > before, that's simply because the data shown is not tabular data. For > tabular data we will understand that which has no sense if not seen in > such a way (tabulated), e.g. a calendar. Now, aside from this, tables > are actually complex elements, and as such, they have been problematic > or "expensive" to deal with by browsers and other softwares (like > screen-readers). > > There are cases, though, where the desired layout calls for the help > of a table, and although basically everyone here would ask you not to > use it (or simply to use another layout) it could be your best or even > only choice. If I recall correctly, George had to make use of JavaScript > to make IE's behave as desired. > > But I went beyond the topic, the point here (and what semantic > markup is about) is to use the actual HTML elements that are supposed to > enclose your data, like using <address> for addresses (of course), <kbd> > for keyboard sample, <code> for code (duh!), <samp> for sample output, > <def> for definitions, <abbr> for abbreviations, <p> for paragraphs, > <dl>+<dt>+<dl> for definition lists (such as glossaries), etc. And not > using <blockquote> just because you want to indent the code, or using > <p><br></p> to add some spacing. > > I hope this helped, and sorry if I bored you along the way. > Rafael. > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
