- From: Walter Ian Kaye <boo@best.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 01:59:58 -0700
- To: www-html@w3.org
At 5:09a 05/11/96, Abigail wrote:
>Most of the time, <table> is just used to layout the web page. This
>works quite well when using a graphical browser. However, if the
>user (= reader) does something the developer (= author) has never
>dreamed off (say, using a sound browser), things can lead to sillyness.
><table>s were designed for tabular data. If they are misused to force
>a graphical layout, one limits his/her audience.
If "<table>s were designed for tabular data", then ROWSPAN and COLSPAN
would not be allowed. These attributes are in direct contradiction to
your view of what is "appropriate" for <table>s. Do you favor deprecation
of these attributes?
-Walter
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Received on Saturday, 11 May 1996 05:03:25 UTC