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1. First, "people" don't move. Not all people are the same. They have
different degrees of web and computer knowledge. So when we speak about
"people," I have to ask, which people?
2. I don't believe in trends.
3. I don't believe it's an absolute difference. Most high performance
high traffic sites I see that are competently admined are moving away
from trying a pure CSS model, toward using tables for layout
positioning and CSS for visual formatting.
Yes, I've used computers for a long time, and disagreed with
"prevailing wisdom" for much of it. And as it turns out, in many cases,
time bears out my judgment.
If you or others want to argue with me about it, I'll shrug and say
"you win" because I'm not inclined to care. The argument doesn't decide
anything. Time will tell. HTH
> The opposite? People are moving FROM CSS based TO table based? ;-)
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> No, actually, I'm seeing the opposite :)
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> --- Gordon McLean <Gordon -dot- McLean -at- GrahamTechnology -dot- com> wrote:
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> > Two challenges in one day!
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> > "Most major sites.."?
> >
> > Really? I think you'll find the benefits of CSS driven web design,
> the
> > fact that you devolve layout and style from content (sound
> familiar?)
> > has pushed a lot of the 'major sites' to redesign away from using
> > tables as layout (microsoft.com, adobe.com, bbc.co.uk as quick
> > examples).
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