Fw: meaning of deprecated

by "Ineke van der Maat" <inekemaa(at)xs4all.nl>

 Date:  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:24:33 -0700
 To:  "Ed Peddycoart" <epeddycoart(at)cg2.com>,
<hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
  todo: View Thread, Original

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ineke van der Maat" <inekemaa(at)xs4all.nl>
To: "Ed Peddycoart" <epeddycoart(at)cg2.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: meaning of deprecated


> Hallo Ed,
>
> yes, depreciated means not longer considered as the official standard. It
> will be obsoleted soon.
>
> The difference between HTML and XHTML is that XHTML is only for the
> structural elements, all the presentational elements you must put in your
> stylesheet and the classnames must reflext the structure-element you use
in
> your page and really cascading as the name CSS means.So in the top of your
> satylesheet the most general elements you use in your page as font , body
> and links. In the bottom of your stylesheet you put the particular
sections
> as Navbars , etx.
> .
>  So put in your stylesheet
> .TableWidth {width: 25%;}
> and write in your code <table class="Tablewidth"}
>
> Cheers
> Ineke van der Maat
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Peddycoart" <epeddycoart(at)cg2.com>
> To: "HWG-Basics" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 9:28 AM
> Subject: meaning of deprecated
>
>
> > I keep reading about deprecated elements/attributes etc...  I assume
this
> > means that it is no longer used...is that right?
> >
> > Anyway, I received the following definition from Wordsmith.org and found
> it
> > humorous...at least the parts about prayer and evil....
> >
> > Deprecate \Dep"re*cate\ (d[e^]p"r[-e]*k[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
> >    p. {Deprecated} (-k[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
> >    {Deprecating} (-k[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. deprecatus, p. p. of
> >    deprecari to avert by prayer, to deprecate; de- + precari to
> >    pray. See {Pray}.]
> >    To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to
> >    desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express
> >    deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly.
> >
> > Does this mean that html such as <td width="25%"> is evil in XHTML 1.0
> > Strict?
> >
> > Later,
> > Ed
> >
> > ____________________________________________
> > "Only two things are infinite, the universe
> >  and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about
> >  the former. "
> >  - Albert Einstein
> > ____________________________________________
> >
> >
>

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