RE: Layout versus data tables proposal for null summary attribute

> nor as easy to do as by plonking things into a table
 
Yes, it's not easy. Creating accessible pages is also
not easy in many cases. As nice as it would be, I don't think
"easy" is a useful measure of what should or shouldn't be
done. (sorry, not having a go or anything, but I hope you catch
my drift)
 
> Why not propose a new element for XHTML n.n, called grid? 
> It would be a semantic-free construct for layout  
 
You forgot one major reason: because, even by your definition,
it would be a presentational element, and one of the main points
of xhtml was to rid markup from presentation.
 
I'd much rather see something more gridlike implemented in CSS
 
Patrick
________________________________
Patrick H. Lauke
Webmaster / University of Salford
http://www.salford.ac.uk <http://www.salford.ac.uk/>