Re: tables - pixels or percentages?

In a message dated 06/02/00 18:24:34 GMT Standard Time, 
denise(at)amun-ra.demon.co.uk writes:

> I read somewhere that the browsers will no longer be able to read 
>  tables measured in percents, <table width=100%> but that we 
>  should use pixels instead.

Haven't heard of that one, Denise. Certainly the latest version of the HTML 
specification, HTML 4.01, doesn't suggest suggest any such thing. From clause 
11.2.1 "The TABLE element":

width = length [CN] 
This attribute specifies the desired width of the entire table and is 
intended for visual user agents. When the value is a percentage value, the 
value is relative to the user agent's available horizontal space. In the 
absence of any width specification, table width is determined by the user 
agent.

Use of this attribute in the TABLE element is not even deprecated.

Regards
Keith Bell

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