Re: Please Tables in HTML+

marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen)

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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 93 10:51:02 -0800
From: marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen)
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To: Terry Allen <terry@ora.com>
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Terry Allen writes:
> It's simple.  My docs have lots of tables, and tables are common
> in other people's docs.  It's a common problem, not to be evaded
> on the argument that WWW can't do everything.  

Terry, there are *lots* of common problems.  The resources required to
solve them all simply aren't present.  Neither Jim nor I are trying to
torpedo your efforts by suggesting that tables aren't important, but
at the same time I think that "tables are common" isn't a sufficient
standalone argument to justify the complexity they introduce.

Marc