Sent by Michael Sauers on 21 June 2002 15:03
> I consider myself someone who will use a table if a table is called for,
> but generally I try to avoid them.
No need to avoid them completely, just as a layout tool.
> I'm trying to create a site-map, which will list the <title> of the page,
> the URL, and the "Last Modified" and display them across a line, like
> this:
> Name Address Date
> Home http://www.tntluoma.com 2002/06/21
> Ethan /ethan/ 2002/06/23
> Sidebars /sidebars/ 2002/06/20
> Why I like Netscape4 /netscape4/ 1997/11/01
> Anyway, in the world of tables, I would make the "Name" one column
> (left-justified), "Address" another column (centered), and "Date" another
> column (right justified).
This is a perfectly appropriate use of tables. It is tabular data with
logical rows and columns that can be linearized and still make sense. No
real reason to use complex CSS to pull this off.
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