[thelist] NN4.x and IE4.x
rudy
rudy937 at rogers.com
Wed Jul 23 17:25:32 CDT 2003
> You mention that <div> is a gateway tag. What is a gateway tag?
the reference is to drug use and how some people feel that marijuana is a
"gateway" drug which eventually leads to cocaine and heroin
the analogy is that once you start using DIV, it's really easy to start
throwing a DIV in anywhere you have a presentational challenge
eventually, you find yourself sprawled in some gutter, honest citizens going
out of their way to avoid you
you end up writing abominations such as
<div id="main">
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="content">
<div id="navheader"></div>
<p class="foo">some content</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
> And is <div> something to be avoided now?
yes
avoid the use of DIV
i mean, look at the example above
look at it in the context of separating presentation from content
what are all those extra DIVs doing?
presentation
get them out of the code
> If so, under what circumstances?
all
;o)
would you like to hear my rant on the topic of "classitis"?
it's fairly innocuous, compared to my rant on css hacks...
rudy
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