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:skx: Are frames and tables related? (was Re: [zzdev] Re: (Resendo of Dirt-Simple Interface Specs):
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- Subject: :skx: Are frames and tables related? (was Re: [zzdev] Re: (Resendo of Dirt-Simple Interface Specs):
- From: Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 14:27:16 +0900
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Dominus spake thus:
>Frames and tables are not related.
Well, insofar as they make orthogonal grids
in a Web page, they are *similar*, as the
grasshopper is similar to the kangaroo;
and I think of that as a relationship.
In biology, to say that the grasshopper
and kangaroo are "not related" is to deny
phylogenetic near connection. But they
do share strong analogic, structural and strategic
relationships.
Best, T
At 07:19 PM 11/6/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> 4) I'm a little suspicious of frames and would like
>> to compare the malleability of both ways.
>
>Frames and tables are not related.
>
>Frames split the browser window into several different windows, each
>of which displays different content. Tables just arrange pieces of
>text and pictures and things into a grid.
>
>I was suggesting tables, not frames.
>
>
>
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