James, sounds like you've answered your own question/doubt then? Perhaps you
should head your 'list' as <h1>Prices</h1> and not <h1>Price List</h1>?

2008/8/11 James Jeffery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Disagree.
>
> Many shopping carts on the web have product lists or summarys marked up in
> a table. When you look at it from the point of view where one column is the
> products and the other is the price, and another is VAT per product its more
> semantic to do it that way.
>
> Again, just because something is a list does not mean it should be in a
> list. Take for example students grades. The school needs to list the name,
> the subject, the expected grade, the outcome (30/30) and a percentage
> (100%). You could easily say its a list of students grades, because it is,
> but you are not going to put that into a list because it would be wrong to.
>
> James
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Stuart Foulstone <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> A list is the most appropriate for a list.
>>
>> The fact that "price list" states "list" DOES mean a list should be used -
>> when you use the term "list" that's what the user then expects it to be.
>>
>> If you don't want to use a list (for whatever pedantic reason) then don't
>> call it one. If you want to use a table, call it a table.
>>
>> Not using a list when a list is appropriate is just as bad as not using a
>> table when a table is appropriate.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, August 11, 2008 9:31 am, silky wrote:
>> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:01 PM, James Jeffery
>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> In the past I have tryed to avoid tables as much as possible and
>> >> sometimes
>> >> going as far as using lists for data that "should" be placed in tables.
>> >> I am
>> >> trying to sway away from the 'never use tables' crowd and have started
>> >> to
>> >> use them when they need to be used.
>> >>
>> >> I am working on a tattoo website and the client wants a list of pricing
>> >> for
>> >> tattoos and peircings. Would you say this is a good candidate for a
>> >> table?
>> >
>> > use a table.
>> >
>> > those that say 'never use tables' are insane and often think that
>> > 'css' and 'tables' are mutually exclusive. i ignore those people.
>> >
>> > tables are perfectly appropriate for this situation.
>> >
>> >
>> >> Although 'price list' states list, its not to say that a list should be
>> >> used.
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas.
>> >>
>> >> James
>> >
>> > --
>> > silky
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>> >
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