Sorry Andy, I'll have to agree to disagree. Personally speaking, the use of a table to layout tabular input is as valid as using a table to layout tabular output. Though I have no issue with other semantically correct methods previously outlined. In most scenarios I prefer them.
The conceptual model I use is not from OOP but database manipulation "Sources & Sinks". Where data input and data output are conceptually the positive and negative of the same thing. This does not change solely because of using (X)HTML to describe them. As far as the original issue is concerned. I completely concur that a more usable and accessible solution is bite-sizing the input, thereby escaping the need for tabular input completely. Though inevitably the final solution remains in the hands of the developer. Warm regards mike 2k:)2 <marquee><blink> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] site: http://www.webSemantics.co.uk </marquee></blink> -----Original Message----- From: Andy Budd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 January 2005 09:55 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Can I use a table in a form? On 12 Jan 2005, at 18:25, Mike Foskett wrote: > Creating a method of output without an equivalent method of input > seems more than oversight. Forms are a means of input. Tables are a means of displaying tabular data. Input and output mechanisms rarely have to be the same. I input data to a computer using a keyboard. It's output to screen. > An input is a data object. > Data objects stacked neatly by row and file are by definition tabular. Sorry, but that's utter rot. If you're going to get all OOP on my ass, input would be a data object method, whereas the data it's self would be a property of the object. Completely different things! You can come up with as many ways to justify the use of layout tables for forms, but it doesn't make it right! Andy Budd http://www.message.uk.com/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
