Re: Browsers

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Peter da Silva rambled on 11/15/03 20:06:
>>   Using tables instead of CSS on a web site [for layout] is like using
>>   wooden 2x4 beams to make a bust of someone's face, instead of clay or
>>   bronze.
> 
> Using either instead of a proper layout-oriented tool is like using 2x4s or
> clay or bronze to make a bust of a woman's face instead of taking a
> photograph ... when you work in a passport office.
>
> Unfortunately, 2x4s and clay are the best tools we have. Doesn't that suck?

For the web, CSS is, I believe, the closet you're going to get to a
"proper layout-oriented tool".  Obviously you aren't going to use either
for non-web layout; you're going to use Quark or something.  And yeah,
it sucks, but clay isn't all that bad as long as more browsers didn't
drop the bust, shattering it (to really stretch that metaphor ;-).

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  • Browsers Thomas R. Sibley 21:10 on 15 Nov 2003
    • Re: Browsers peter (Peter da Silva) 01:06 on 16 Nov 2003
  • Thomas R. Sibley 01:43 on 16 Nov 2003
    • Simon Wistow 10:27 on 17 Nov 2003
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  • Browsers Luke A. Kanies 21:18 on 26 May 2004
    • Re: Browsers Juerd 21:28 on 26 May 2004
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    • John Sinteur 21:28 on 26 May 2004
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    • Scott Walters 22:12 on 26 May 2004
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    • Geoff Richards 22:43 on 26 May 2004
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