[thelist] arguments pro css & xhtml / con tables

Christian Heilmann codepo8 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 20 11:15:05 CDT 2006


> > I think the idea is: why does that matter? If everyone is happy with
> > how the browser looks in each browser, what possible benefit could one
> > get from making the page look exactly the same across browsers?
>
> What if your user is going to visit your site from different
> locations? Using different browsers? You dont think they might get
> confused if the site looks different depending on the machine/browser
> they are looking at it with? I don't think thats good from a usability
> standpoint.
>
> If it doesnt matter to you it doesnt matter to you. I want my sites to
> look consistent on the browsers I code for, and that isnt a waste of
> time or a big mistake.

YMMV - if you are up for that and that is your idea, cool. What
happens when a new browser comes along? Will you retrofit all your
sites for IE7 in Autumn?



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