Hi James,

8/28/02 10:44:01 PM, JamesKB <jameskb(at)bellsouth.net> wrote:

>Thoughts on using CSS vs tables for layout.  Don't more "older" browsers 
>support tables than support CSS? 

Yes, older browsers are apt to support tables, which is why their use developed for layout. 

However, the newer standard is to use css as much as possible as browsers develop compliance,  with a goal 
of having the page degrade gracefully in non-css browsers, rather than trying to make it look identical.
At this point, many folks use a combination.

But the idea is to separate structure from appearance, so you really ought to use tables only to present 
tabular data - not paragraphs of text. 
Designers are getting away from the idea of trying to copy print layouts and instead do layouts that 
*function* well on a computer screen, and especially for a variety of devices and users. This is a gradual 
change, depending on type of site, audience, skill of designers, etc. and compliance of browsers.

That's my thoughts.

Regards,
Pam Shorey

 

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