[WSG] What to do?

[Sean M. Hall AKA Dante]

Title: [WSG] What to do?

I recently asked the webmaster of The Western Neighborhoods Project ( http://www.outsidelands.org/ ), a small non-profit orginazation for history of West San Francisco, about redesigning his site without tables. I told him that tables can sometimes increase download time and that if he ever wanted to redesign the site all he would have to do is edit one file. He stated that the tables the site uses are pretty light, and that he likes to keep it simple. The fact of the matter is that people will be reluctant to use Web Standards since they feel it is too complicated, even though nested tables are far more complicated than CSS-Based Layout. I can see his point - the Project (of which I am a member) is fully dedicated to researching the wonderful history of west San Francisco, and as long as people can read the important event postings and articles (one of which I have written, btw). So what would you guys do: keep trying to convince the webmaster (who also happens to be the founder of the project) that nested tables = evil, or just leave the subject alone as long as everyone can access the site. Dante R. Evans: The Bo$$ Also known by his pen name, "Sean M. Hall" San Francisco and Atomic Bomb History Standards-based Design and Development 7 years of Piano Expertise .5 years of self-taught guitar experience Opera 7 Afficiando [sp?] "Wir Müssen die Verordnungswidrige Browser Aüsrotten"