[UPHPU] css vs tables redux

[MilesTogoe]

On 08/21/2009 12:57 PM, Connor Boyack wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Wade Preston Shearer 
> <wadeshearer.lists at me.com <mailto:wadeshearer.lists at me.com>> wrote:
>
>     If it's not working, you're doing something wrong, not approaching
>     it right, or do not have sufficient knowledge. Of course doing
>     something different from how you are used to do it going to be
>     more difficult and require more time and effort. The biggest
>     difference is that you have to think in layers instead of slices.
>     Most people that don't get CSS are those that came from the
>     table/slice world where nothing overlaps.
>
>     I've offered the challenge before: I'll take anyone on in a coding
>     race (including it supporting IE 6).
>
>
> +1.
>
> Count me in for the race (on the CSS team).
>

I think the idea of a presentation is way better than a speed challenge 
- obviously there are others feeling the pain of CSS - realize that many 
of us don't spend much time on the UI designer side, and thus the 
learning curve is a steep issue.  The floating paradigm is not too bad, 
browser implementation is a tougher issue.  I've found that how browsers 
clear floats is another real issue

btw I tried out the design table stuff in CSS 3 (or is it 2) but I don't 
think browser support is very good yet so it was not satisfactory.

ps since I've moved, I hope the css layout presentation can be video 
casted.




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