Re: Multi column layout question.

Wouldn't "multi-column layout" be possible simply using HTML+'s "<TABLE>" 
element? As far as I know any element will go inside a <TABLE> ...

On Fri, 23 Jun 1995, George Voronoff wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> There has been some discussion on this regarding multi column layout.
> Many people have said that they would like to see support for this.
> 
> It seems to me that multi column layout goes aganst the spirit of HTML
> and was wondering what supporters of multi column layout had to say.
> 
> A column is used to change the way text flows on a page.
> On a two colunmn page, the text:
>     "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
> would look like:
> 
> page 1:
> 
>     ab|gh
>     cd|ij
>     ef|kl
> 
> page 2:
> 
>     mn|st
>     op|uv
>     qr|wx
> 
> page 3:
> 
>     yz|
>       |
>       |
> 
> How do you decide what size a page is in a portable manner?
> 
> If the page too long, the reader of your document will have to
> scroll down to read the text at the bottom of the first column,
> and then have to scroll back up to read the text at the top of
> the second column.
> 
> -- 
> 	George Voronoff
> 
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> 	george@cpsg.com.au
> 
>

Received on Friday, 23 June 1995 11:48:38 UTC