Re: [Phpwiki-talk] tables again

[Thomas K. <th...@co...>]

> My take on it is that tables are to allow one to present data which wants
> to be tabular in a tabular form.  They're not in the wiki to allow
> for fancy diddling and customization of the layout.

I agree completely.

My requests on a wiki are
*make input as easy as possible
*make output as helpfull as possible
*find a structure, where any helpfull text fits in

helpfull texts could be
*instructions (demands: images, tables)
*theoretical papers (footnotes, chapters, references,annotations )
*collections (tables wiht guides for the eye)


But think of these two examples

a) you like to have a instruction how to cook something,
then you would like to have a table with text and pictures, without any
borders

| text describing procedure | [picture.png] %%% title

b) you have a long list of data (for example train arrivals or something
like that)
its not so nice to read without help, but this might be also different
colouring from line to line


> What about just one thin border around the whole table (no lines between
> cells.)  Just so that it's obvious that it's a table?


>
> (I'm open to suggestions regarding whether the tables should be centered
> or not as well.)

In my oppinion not centered.


>
> Note also, that in the CVS I've changed the default justification from
> centered to left-justified.   (That's the HTML default anyway,) and
> it seems like that's the most common choice.

agreed

Thomas