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#1 2005-06-20 9:32 am
CSS is a waste of time...
at least, it is if you're trying to sell your own templating system...
http://www.decloak.com/Dev/CSSTables/CSS_Tables_01.aspx
That gave me a good laugh. Found it from here - there are some good comments on the story there.
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#2 2005-06-20 9:48 am
- zakatak
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Re: CSS is a waste of time...
Accordingly, you can and should use the good old
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#3 2005-06-20 10:11 am
Re: CSS is a waste of time...
Greg posted about it, too. I laughed.
Look at it this way: you've sold as many paintings as Van Gogh—and you have both your ears.
Thanks, Dad.
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#4 2005-06-20 10:37 am
Re: CSS is a waste of time...
Yeah, its pretty funny how this guy just totally misses the point... not just of table based layout but of everything he wrote about.
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#5 2005-06-20 11:00 am
- registered_user
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Re: CSS is a waste of time...
He's got one thing right. This is just awful and stupid:
<div class="table">
<div class="caption">my site</div>
<div class="thead">
<div class="tr">
<div class="th">blah</div>
<div class="th">blah</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="tbody">
<div class="tr">
<div class="td">blah</div>
<div class="td">blah</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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#6 2005-06-20 11:35 am
Re: CSS is a waste of time...
Yeah, but anyone trying to recreate a table piece-by-piece in CSS is awful and stupid. He needs to understand that designing with CSS requires a totally different frame of mind and approach to code organization.
Look at it this way: you've sold as many paintings as Van Gogh—and you have both your ears.
Thanks, Dad.
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#7 2005-06-20 11:38 am
Re: CSS is a waste of time...
Wow, I just read his "1px GIF problem" discussing the pointlessness of alt tags [sic]. He backs up his alt argument by using his "CSS is pointless" argument. There's nothing like "proving" one fallacy with another.
Look at it this way: you've sold as many paintings as Van Gogh—and you have both your ears.
Thanks, Dad.
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#9 2005-06-20 11:44 am
- Stan
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- Registered: 2002-04-09
- Posts: 713
Re: CSS is a waste of time...
A 1 x 1 spacer GIF could be turned into a "skip navigation" link, so it would be stupid for screenreaders to assume they are meaningless. But, I don't think that guy knows about skip navigation links. If he does, he probably thinks they are as pointless as the wheelchair ramps he scoffs at.
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#11 2005-06-20 4:42 pm
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Re: CSS is a waste of time...
LMAO 
Maybe the guy should spend half the time he spent making that site actually learning about CSS and how to effectively implement it and maybe....just maybe that dull light bulb in his head will light up and he will say....OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH I get in now.
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