In my prior entry entitled Tables vs. Tables I reminded us all, myself included, that the W3C says that web authors are allowed to use HTML tables to lay out forms. This flies in the face of much conventional “wisdom” that says HTML tables are never to be used for anything. But it struck me not too long ago that forms really ARE tables that are simply waiting for some of their data to be filled in.
Allow me to illustrate. Here is a simple table that I don’t think anyone would argue really is a table:
Example #1
Table
| First Name: | Donald |
| Last Name: | Duck |
| Address: | 1313 Duck Lane |
| Occupation: | Sailor |
| Girlfriend: | Daisy |
Example #2
Form
Now, what if we remove half the information, leave half the information, and wait for a user (Donald Duck, presumably) to fill in the remaining half: Read the rest of this entry »
