- From: Michel Fortin <michel.fortin@michelf.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:20:40 -0400
Le 28 oct. 2006 ? 6:34, Anne van Kesteren a ?crit : > On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:43:10 +0200, Michel Fortin > <michel.fortin at michelf.com> wrote: >>> * align >> >> I don't agree. Yes it is presentational, but data tables can look >> pretty crappy if you remove their alignement information. >> Delegating alignment to CSS will just make tables harder to read >> without the corresponding stylesheet to align the data as >> intended. That's not just style, it's also a usability issue. So I >> think align="" should be preserved for table cells, rows and columns. > > It's known that styling and good design improves usability. That > doesn't make "align" any less presentational. align="" is presentational; I didn't say the contrary. And all styling has an influence on usability, I'm not contesting that. But some style information is more tied to the content than other, and some style information should be known even when CSS is not available because *not having that information* makes the document less readable. Sometime, presentational information is needed to display a document correctly, and in those few cases where the presentation is tied to the content, I think it belongs in the markup. The align attribute, when used on table cells, covers one of those cases. Michel Fortin michel.fortin at michelf.com http://www.michelf.com/
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