Yes, I also aggree most of what you wrote.
I have the same opinion.
CSS makes development easier, and seems people wants to save work. HTML table based development is difficulter, and most people doesn't like that.
Most of those who replied to this thread are sticking to CSS, because it makes their life easier. Because sometimes it makes possible to shorten a 7 day work down to 1 day. Not CSS will be the real solution, but a better, improved template system, similar to what I suggested:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...i?post=279007#279007
Every standard has its place between the the other standards. Also CSS, Flash, and other web solutions. Neither of them is a total solution, and should be used in a limited way. It's not good to have a full Flash site, nor to have full CSS site, nor a full image based site.
We have to find the optimal ratio of these technologies, which may be valid for our site.
Building a page dynamically never was a client-side task (expect Flash, Java, Javascript, but they also has disadvantages).
Dynamic pages was always a server-side task, and LSQL was created exactly for this task.
The bottom line is, that CSS is good, but should be not threated as the overall solution for template themes, just an technology which extends the possibilities of HTML. So the solution to shorten the template & design upgrade time is, to improve the GT template system, to have skeleton based template system.
Like it or not, this is the future. We have reached the limits of the current template system, and need new features to save long and difficult design upgrade tasks. Read my suggestion, and you will see the advantages. Or not
Best regards,
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Even though I find that CSS is great, I'm also am getting pretty tired of hearing people saying that tables are bad design and you should use CSS. CSS is far from perfect for every situation and some people seem to think that valid CSS and XHTML is the holy grail, when HTML and table design works in far more browsers than CSS and HTML at the moment simple because older browsers don't understand CSS or badly.I have the same opinion.
CSS makes development easier, and seems people wants to save work. HTML table based development is difficulter, and most people doesn't like that.
Most of those who replied to this thread are sticking to CSS, because it makes their life easier. Because sometimes it makes possible to shorten a 7 day work down to 1 day. Not CSS will be the real solution, but a better, improved template system, similar to what I suggested:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...i?post=279007#279007
Every standard has its place between the the other standards. Also CSS, Flash, and other web solutions. Neither of them is a total solution, and should be used in a limited way. It's not good to have a full Flash site, nor to have full CSS site, nor a full image based site.
We have to find the optimal ratio of these technologies, which may be valid for our site.
Building a page dynamically never was a client-side task (expect Flash, Java, Javascript, but they also has disadvantages).
Dynamic pages was always a server-side task, and LSQL was created exactly for this task.
The bottom line is, that CSS is good, but should be not threated as the overall solution for template themes, just an technology which extends the possibilities of HTML. So the solution to shorten the template & design upgrade time is, to improve the GT template system, to have skeleton based template system.
Like it or not, this is the future. We have reached the limits of the current template system, and need new features to save long and difficult design upgrade tasks. Read my suggestion, and you will see the advantages. Or not
Best regards,
Webmaster33
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