Head First HTML with CSS

Table CSS
I guess. But when it comes to laying out a table
properly, I’m the way to go. The last time I saw
someone trying to lay out a form using CSS, there
were s and s all over the place; it was
a mess. And all that positioning and messing with
margins to get the widths just right... it gave me a
headache just looking at it all.
At least with my table rows and data cells, it’s easier
to figure out what’s going to end up where; with
your positioning tricks, I never know where stuff is
going to end up.
But the users are entering data into the form
controls, aren’t they? A form is used for gathering
data from the person using the form. How is that
not tabular data?
Well, I say if I can do a job better than you, then,
hey, use me to do it. I’m happy to oblige.
Tell you what, why don’t we just let the readers
decide?
xhtml forms
Dude, you have no idea what you’re talking
about. Forms should match the look and
feel of the rest of the Web site. Users will be
confused if they go to fill out a form and it
doesn’t look like part of the site.
Well, what about all your s and s
littering up the XHTML? That’s no different.
You obviously haven’t read Chapter 12. And
I just don’t buy that form elements are tabular
data... they’re XHTML elements, not data.
Hmm... I suppose I can sort of see that... but it
just seems so wrong to use a table to do layout.
Layout is presentation, and presentation is my job.
Better than me? Whoa now, that’s going too
far...
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