On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:52:23 +0100, Alexey Feldgendler
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:40:13 +0100, David Latapie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
My humble point: <table> can do everything <dl> can, whilst the reverse
is not true. He who can do more can do less.
<table> canot do this:
<dl>
<dt>computer</dt>
<dd>An electronic device for information processing.</dd>
<dt>driver</dt>
<dd>A computer program taking care of direct communication with a
peripherial
device.</dd>
<dd>A person who drives a vehicle.</dd>
</dl>
Note that as of HTML5 you want to use <dfn> in the <dt> when you're
defining terms.
How would you represent this in a <table> without abusing the very idea
of
columns?
Don't know what you mean with "abusing columns", but:
<table>
<tr><th>computer<td>An electronic device for information processing.
<tr><th rowspan=2>driver<td>A computer program taking care of direct
communication with a peripherial
<tr><td>A person who drives a vehicle.
</table>
(Again use <dfn> if you're defining terms.)
I agree with David that <dl> is like a simple <table>. Sometimes <dl> is
more convenient to use (both for the author and the reader).
--
Simon Pieters
