Re: CSS replacing tables for format

by "David Jones" <dvjones(at)ksbe.edu>

Date:	Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:11:25 -1000
To:	"HWG Techniques Email List" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
In-Reply-To:	oemcomputer
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On 23 Apr 2002, at 21:20, Mike Taylor wrote:

> Regarding CSS replacing tables in general....has this
> been confirmed that tables will be officially
> deprecated?  I couldn't find anything in XHTML
> indicating this to be the case. 

Tables are not deprecated - just the use of them as 
general-purpose layout devices. W3C wants to drag 
tables back to what they were originally supposed to be 
for - displaying tabular data - not to sub for HTML's lack 
of layout features like newspaper columns.

David
dvjones(at)ksbe.edu

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