Thanks Giuliano. Thats the additional type of info that I was looking for! Rey.//
Giuliano Marcangelo wrote: > On 26/11/06, *Rey Bango* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote:What I'm trying to say is that if there are other compelling > reasons to > not use tables, then I want to know them. Web accessibility is a very > important issue but there has to be more to your thinking than just web > accessibility or "it's really, really time to move on". Again, give me > something to work with. > > > Rey, > the html markup and css needed to render, "this" window.....is far less > using a CSS layout....IMHO........... > therefore in this particular case, not only are accessibility issues > addressed but bandwidth is saved. > > CSS:LAYOUT FOR WINDOW > <div class="rbt"> > <div> > <div></div> > </div> > </div> > <div class="rbl"> > <div class="rbr"> > CONTENT (IFRAME)..GOES HERE > </div> > </div> > <div class="rbb"> > <div> > <div> > </div> > </div> > </div> > > TABLE LAYOUT FOR WINDOW: > <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="jwTitle"> > <tr> > <td class="jwTitleL"> </td> > <td class="jwTitleC"> </td> > <td class="jwTitleR"> </td> > </tr> > </table> > <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="jwContent"> > <tr> > <td class="jwContentL"> </td> > <td class="jwContentC"> </td> CONTENT (IFRAME)..GOES > HERE..replaces > <td class="jwContentR"> </td> > </tr> > </table> > <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="jwStatus"> > <tr> > <td class="jwStatusL"> </td> > <td class="jwStatusL"> </td> > <td class="jwStatusL"> </td> > </tr> > </table> > > > When it comes to laying out an entire page, using a CSS layout ( which > has a steep learning curve, in order to address browser differences), > produces a layout that is displayed as it is read by the browser, > whereas if you use nested tables to produce a complex layout, then all > the table structures must be written to the browser, and the browser > then calculates, the sizes of the tables and tablecells, and then > displays them............so the actual markup is more lightweight and it > renders quicker in the browser.................added to this.....you > can, using the same mark up, but different CSS, display an entirely > different page (take a look at www.csszengarden.com > <http://www.csszengarden.com>)............ > > so briefly to sum up.......... > > mark up is more lightweight, > page displays quicker, > mark up is vastly more flexible/versatile/reusable..................... > > > Regards > > Giuliano Marcangelo > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
