> > It stands for non-breaking space.  What it does depends on how it's
> >  used.  It generally reserves a place without being seen.  It's often
> >  used for aesthetics in the empty cells of tables.
>
> Careful with that - Netscape can get cranky when filling cells with
> non-breaking spaces.  Better to use the empty gif trick.....

I personally prefer using the non-breaking space entity over the use of a
GIF spacer in these situations because the code is more compact, there is
less data to transfer (at a minimum, less than 10% of GIF spacers),  and
have never encountered any problems using them.

Steve

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