Re: [css-d] At what point does it become more beneficial to use CSS?

2005-09-19 Thread Rob Cochrane
Eric Shepherd wrote: I'm going to add one more point...you asked about the reason that the burden is placed on the designer. There is a fairly significant belief I cannot agree more, I spent the whole morning trying to explain to a client that we work in a fluid medium and we cannot hope to di

Re: [css-d] At what point does it become more beneficial to use CSS?

2005-09-19 Thread Eric Shepherd
I'm going to add one more point...you asked about the reason that the burden is placed on the designer. There is a fairly significant belief today that the web is about openness and flexibility. A newspaper, for example, is a fixed entity. There is no way to produce newspapers of different sizes, f

Re: [css-d] At what point does it become more beneficial to use CSS?

2005-09-17 Thread david
Steve Clay wrote: Friday, September 16, 2005, 12:27:31 PM, Rick Faircloth wrote: in today's broadband world... Ask me when my roommates are using Soulseek! Things can get /much/ slower than dial-up. In today's broadband world here, any local broadband network cell that is full gets speed

Re: [css-d] At what point does it become more beneficial to use CSS?

2005-09-16 Thread Richard Grevers
On 9/17/05, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I just wonder...at what point does it become more desirable > to use CSS as opposed to tables? Aren't tables more compatible? No - as soon as you try to allow any sort of flexibility into a table-based design you discover that the

Re: [css-d] At what point does it become more beneficial to use CSS?

2005-09-16 Thread Steve Clay
Friday, September 16, 2005, 12:27:31 PM, Rick Faircloth wrote: > at what point does it become more desirable to use CSS Good question. I say as use what you're comfortable with. If you don't understand it, or don't think you could fix it, maybe shouldn't use it on sites you build for others. Bu

Re: [css-d] At what point does it become more beneficial to use CSS?

2005-09-16 Thread T. R. Valentine
On 16/09/05, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I just wonder...at what point does it become more desirable > to use CSS as opposed to tables? Aren't tables more compatible? > Is it a matter of CSS being easier to maintain in a group of designers > or in a corporate setting wher

Re: [css-d] At what point does it become more beneficial to use CSS?

2005-09-16 Thread Rob Cochrane
Rick Faircloth wrote: Hi, all... I have used tables for many years as my primary design structure. I've used CSS to tweak the design of the tables, and the cells, forms, etc., in the tables. Now I'm considering converting to using CSS as my primary design structure. Hello Rick, For me the

[css-d] At what point does it become more beneficial to use CSS?

2005-09-16 Thread Rick Faircloth
Hi, all... I have used tables for many years as my primary design structure. I've used CSS to tweak the design of the tables, and the cells, forms, etc., in the tables. Now I'm considering converting to using CSS as my primary design structure. However, I just wonder...at what point does it be