- From: Vadim Plessky <lucy-ples@mtu-net.ru>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 00:35:41 +0400
- To: "Phill Jenkins" <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On Saturday 11 May 2002 19:29, Phill Jenkins wrote: | Whether we use CSS or tables for layout is *not* the point - it's that it | linearizes correctly! Same concept as correct or logical tab order. As | you read a page, you want it to be read in a logical order. There are some pages which do not have "logical order" Just think of newspaper,say, with 7 columns, mixed with illustrations, etc. As an example - Financial Times. What is the logical order ofr reading this page?.. I prefer interantional business news, someone - local. Thrid person can go directly to politics. Same (if not more!) is valid for web sites. | | Adding DIV's in a confusing order and putting in layout CSS is just as | confusing as bad layout tables. Both require the author and or tool to Right! | consider how the page will be rendered in a serial fashion, not just the 2 | d visual rendering in a graphical browser. Problem is that tables aew usually combined with 1px-size transparent gifs. As an example - many web sites developed by IBM :-) And it's rare to see <p class=""></p> with 1px-gif background. You can use CSS in a wrong way (CSS is, for sure, rather limited layout/presentation system) but most people ALWAYS use tables in a wrong way! That's the point. | | Regards, | Phill Jenkins | IBM Research Division - Accessibility Center -- Vadim Plessky http://kde2.newmail.ru (English) 33 Window Decorations and 6 Widget Styles for KDE http://kde2.newmail.ru/kde_themes.html KDE mini-Themes http://kde2.newmail.ru/themes/
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