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RE: Fixed table width

From: Dave J Woolley <DJW@bts.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:24:00 -0000
Message-ID: <81E4A2BC03CED111845100104B62AFB53F3F4E@stagecoach.bts.co.uk>
To: www-html@w3.org 
> From:	Michael Ducharme [SMTP:michael@web-solve.net]
> 
> I believe I have found a problem (or unpleasant 
> behaviour) with HTML tables.  I use a main
> layout table in all of my Web sites, to set margins
> and control columns of text, etc...
> 
	I believe that the W3C position is that your use of
	tables is a necessary evil for backwards compatibility
	and is discouraged.  Tables are for tabular data.

	See: <http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/#gl-table-markup>
Received on Monday, 10 January 2000 06:27:40 GMT

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