- From: Vadim Plessky <lucy-ples@mtu-net.ru>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 17:17:22 +0300
- To: "Jelks Cabaniss" <jelks@jelks.nu>, <www-style@w3.org>
On Thursday 21 February 2002 09:17, Jelks Cabaniss wrote: | Vadim Plessky wrote: | > For example, I doubt that web-enabled Refrigerator wil be | > ever able to render HTMl (or CSS) tables. And, obviously, | > I see no reason why you may want to use Tables for the page | > displayed on your refrigerator (or microwave owen) | | Current Inventory | | Quantity Item Status Reorder | -------- ------------- --------- ------- | 4 liters Vodka OK | 1 liters Orange Juice 2 wks old Yes | 2 heads lettuce OK | 1 Salmon Rotten Yes | /Jelks Funny. Thanks! I think now we are back on topic :-) Unfortunatley, your example illustrates another fact: that most companies, including Consumer Electronics giants, tend to ignore their customer's opinions and do very bad (if any) marketing reserch. Obviously, when I open refrigerator, I have inmind what I want to take from it. Let's say a want to have a drink. Therefor, logical thinking is by *product type*, not by Qty or Heads. So XML becomes quite usefull here, too: <Refrigerator> <Drinks> <Juice> <Orange> </Orange> <Apple> </Apple> </Juice> <Vodka> <Stolichnaya> </Stolichnaya> </Vodka> </Drinks> <Fish> <Smoked> <Salmon> .... </Salmon> </Smoked> <Fresh> </Fresh> </Fish> </Refrigerator> Obviously, if you want only drinks displayed, you define: Refrigerator { display: block } Drinks { display: block } Fish { display: none } Juice, Vodka { display: block } etc. and get what you want :-)) I do not see here application for Tables!... -- 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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