- From: Peter Flynn <pflynn@imbolc.ucc.ie>
- Date: 26 Oct 1997 21:11:59 +0000 (GMT)
- To: www-html@w3.org
I have never seen a good argument for keeping TFOOT above TBODY.
At the time Dave R did HTML+ tables, I think the feeling was that for
compatibility with CALS we needed to do this. You've obviously never
had to download BIG tables over a slow line :-)
This is not good enough. This is not justification for *forcing* authors
to place it before TBODY. GIVE AUTHORS THE CHOICE.
I used to disagree: I felt this was purely a rendering issue and it
was up to the browser to de the sensible thing, but as they obviously
won't, I've changed tack. For the final release of HTML Pro I have
been toying with:
<!ELEMENT TABLE - - (CAPTION?,(col* | colgroup*),thead?,(tr* | (tbody,
tfoot?) | (tfoot,tbody)))>
This lets you do it either way, or just use mutiple TRs.
///Peter
Received on Sunday, 26 October 1997 16:38:21 UTC