[Javascript] Table within a table?

[Rees, Mark (TWIi London)]

Hello

netscape 4 waits until the whole of a table is downloaded before it renders
it. So if you have a page like this

body
table
code
nested table
code
/nested table
/table
/body

then netscape users will see nothing until the whole page has downloaded
(except the body colour), This, however, will mean users see half the page
while the rest downloads

body
table
code
/table
table
code
/table
/body

As far as speed of loading is concerned, that depends on 2 things only (that
you as a programmer can influence) page size (in bytes) and image size.

Cheers

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher J. Baldoza [mailto:baldoza at colibria.com]
Sent: 04 July 2001 03:08
To: javascript at LaTech.edu
Subject: RE: [Javascript] Table within a table?


Hi,
   
     So how can I have the right and proper table within a table structure
in
order to make the page load faster in Netscape.

Thope

On Wed, 04 Jul 2001, you wrote:
> You shouldn't have problems with NN just because there are many tables.  I
> use many tables, and even tables embedded within tables and have no
problem
> with NN.  If those tables are not properly built you will have problems,
> however.  This translates out to hours of debugging according to my
> experience.  The main problem appears to be closing tags: </TABLE>, </TR>,
> and </TD>.  IE is much more forgiving when it comes to closing table tags
> than NN.  So for Navigator's sake you must be very careful when building
> tables, even if NN6 may allow you get away with some sloppiness.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher J. Baldoza [mailto:baldoza at colibria.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 7:09 PM
> To: javascript at LaTech.edu
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Table within a table?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
>      Yup, I think your code will be work? But David is right in saying
that 
> in Netscape you will have difficulties if you include many tables. I think
> this is because of Table rendering in Netscape.  I think this problem is 
> solved in NS 6.0
> 
> Cheers,
> Thope
> 
> 
> On Tue, 03 Jul 2001, you wrote:
> > You can create nested tables, and it can be a valuable layout tool, but 
> > Netscape sometimes will have difficulties if you include too many tables
> on 
> > a page.
> > 
> > Cutter
> > ****************************************
> > From: "David Levy" <dlevy at lancer-ins.com>
> > Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
> > To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> > Subject: [Javascript] Table within a table?
> > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 15:55:54 -0400
> > 
> > Does anyone know if tables can be encapsulated within a cell of another
> > table?  For instance:
> > 
> > <Table><TR><TD><Table><TR><TD></TD></TR></Table></TD></TR></Table>
> > 
> > 
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