Style Sheets(was Re: Yelling and screaming)

At 04:26 PM 10/22/98 -0500, Jonathan Mark wrote:

>Let's get some debate going on this mailing list!  Why don't I start?  Here's
>a good topic -- using style sheets.  What do you think?  Helpful?
Neccesary? 
>Waste of time?  Personally, I've shrugged off any responsibilites of learning
>style sheets and resort to tables to create my attempts at eye-candy. 
>Interestinly enough, I've noticed that some pretty huge sites out there
>(Yahoo, for one..) uses tables for background colors, borders, etc.
instead of
>style sheets.  I'm taking this as a type of message.  Should all sites
>"upgrade" to style sheets, or is it okay to use tables?  (Yahoo's site would
>seem to indicate the latter)  Opinions?  Comments?  Death threats?  

While I realize the positives of style sheets and the fact that they are
better to use in many instances, it seems sort of pointless to use them too
extensively yet until they are supported more by browsers consistently.


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