Don't use css or table layout, use Sass and Compass instead

Re:Don't use css or table layout, use Sass and Compass instead by ars on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @11:19AM (#465912)

This is really cool, I may start using Sass (but probably not Compass), but it doesn't really solve the argument.

There are many things that tables can do that CSS just can't (or that take much longer).

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Re:Don't use css or table layout, use Sass and Compass instead by gommm on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @12:54PM (#466125)

Why wouldn't you use Compass?

I think that the point of using Compass is that it makes most of the situations where you would use tables easy to do.

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Re:Don't use css or table layout, use Sass and Compass instead by ars on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @04:01PM (#466499)

No it doesn't. Compass can not magically change the rules of CSS. If CSS can't do it, Compass can't either.

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Re:Don't use css or table layout, use Sass and Compass instead by gommm on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @11:48PM (#467109)

CSS can do most of those n columns liquid layout or other complex design that people decide to use tables for. It's not a question of being able to do it or not in CSS, it's a question of how easy or hard it is to do it. And Compass makes it a great deal easier.

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Re:Don't use css or table layout, use Sass and Compass instead by ars on Friday February 06, 2009 @04:17PM (#470387)

OK, I understand using it when it easier. But there are many things that tables can do that CSS can not do - at all (especially in a cross browser compatible way, but also just regular).

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