Tables or divs...divs or tables?

Dooza,

Thanks for your input. Personally, I always use fixed-width layouts as I am not a fan of liquid, but that's just a design preference. I would be curious to hear some input on your <li> suggestion from some of the other users here out of curiosity.

Many thanks,

wordman

Wordman-GL wrote:
> SO: Should I continue my use of floated divs or should I use a table to
> contain the thumbnails and their associated links? I'm asking for opinions,
> what you would do and why.
>
> To stir the pot further, I will be adding new thumbs every week, so the
> options are adding more divs or adding to the table, in either case adding more
> code. Again, your suggestions please.

I myself would use floated divs, that way you can have a liquid area
where they live, and no matter what size the viewport is, they just fill
the available space and then repeat to the next line.

How about floated <li> could that be used? Since it is a technically a
list of thumbnails, could that be semantically correct? I have never
seen it suggested before, so maybe its not a good idea, or is riddled
with problems, but it just popped into my head.

Dooza

> Now, from what I have gathered, tables are still a popular item to use to
> contain data WITHIN a web page, but NOT a good idea to use to structure a
> complete page. Did I get that right?

Mostly, yes.

> SO: Should I continue my use of floated divs or should I use a table to
> contain the thumbnails and their associated links? I'm asking for
> opinions,
> what you would do and why.

Whichever is easier for you to build and maintain is a good suggestion, I
think (especially in this particular case). However, doing the same thing
with floated divs is awfully simple too.

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"Wordman-GL" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Greetings and salutations for the New Year, one and all...
>
> I have posted a few queries here regarding table use versus divs and have
> learned a little with each new post. Thus, for all of you who have helped,
> I
> must thank you here at the beginning.
>
> Now, from what I have gathered, tables are still a popular item to use to
> contain data WITHIN a web page, but NOT a good idea to use to structure a
> complete page. Did I get that right?
>
> Anyhow, here's the question du jour, and I need as many comments on this
> as
> possible because I am ready to develop some new page designs and your
> input
> will help me decide what to do:
>
> I have charge to design a page that will showcase thumbnails, in a grid
> format, that will themselves be links to various photo sets and videos. In
> the
> past, I have used floated divs to create my grid format, but after reading
> things here, I am wondering if a table would be such a bad thing.
>
> SO: Should I continue my use of floated divs or should I use a table to
> contain the thumbnails and their associated links? I'm asking for
> opinions,
> what you would do and why.
>
> To stir the pot further, I will be adding new thumbs every week, so the
> options are adding more divs or adding to the table, in either case adding
> more
> code. Again, your suggestions please.
>
> Your help is very sincerely appreciated, thank you all in advance.
>
> Cheers,
>
> wordman
>