[ale] OT: Can MS IE Really Be This Broken?

[Nathan J. Underwood]

I definitely understand the fondness of CSS, and prefer them myself. 
But, believe it or not, there are good reasons to use tables rather than 
CSS sometimes.  For example, if you're outputting HTML and you want it 
to look nice.  It's really easy to stick a <table> just before a loop, 
have the loop spit out <tr><td> (repeat for each column), at the end, 
spit out a </tr>, and then, close the whole thing up with a </table> 
tag.  If you've got 1 row returned or 10000, you can (usually) be sure 
that it will be formatted as expected.  Quick, simple, and effective. 
Much like deciding to use a 'manual' screwdriver instead of a power 
screwdriver.  Sometimes, the old, tried and true, 'manual' screwdriver 
is just better suited for the job.
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Nathan J. Underwood
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Preston Boyington wrote:
> George Carless wrote:
> 
>>>Jeff Hubbs wrote:
>>>
>>>>You all can go ahead and keep debating this point, but for what it's
>>>>worth, I will NOT be using style sheets. I'm going to be generating
>>>>this HTML in Python and it will kick out four HTML files forming a
>>>>framed page.  My sample code is for one of the three frames.
>>>>
>>>
>>>On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 08:31:11AM -0500, Preston Boyington wrote: 
>>>removing the align="left" worked in the IE6 I have here (I believe
>>>the default location is "left" so it is not necessary) and (as you
>>>know) successive <blockquote>'s will indent as needed.
>>
>>This is just horrible.  At LEAST use stylesheets for things like
>>padding/margins, not nested blockquotes.. :(
>>
>>--George
> 
> 
> <diabolical laugh>
> 
> THAT'S RIGHT!!!  NESTED BLOCKQUOTES!!!  NESTED TABLES!!!  NO STINKIN' CSS TO CLEAN UP ANYTHING!!!  Maybe one of those "Get a REAL BROWSER, download Internet Explorer Now" buttons!!!
> 
> </diabolical laugh>
> 
> I know, I know, but Jeff has stated that he doesn't want to use any CSS.
> 
> Preston
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