All right. I stand defeated. I don't know if I will unsubscribe, but I will hence forth and forever refrain from posting anything to the list. It appears that alternate views are not welcome. On 02/28/2011 11:57 AM, lrlaskey wrote: > Billie, > > I have to speak to this. I know I am preaching to the choir for some > listers but for those not using or understanding style sheets, comparing > a few characters of html styles in a line of html code to that of a > style sheet is like comparing apples to oranges. > > There is no comparison when one considers the savings in time, file > size, errors, site control, download time, ability to include other > styles based on whether mobile, desktop, print and so on and so on. It > must be experienced to be understood. > > And, the flexibililty will continue to improve in the future as hand > held devices and their use increases. This is especially true in lesser > developed countries where desk top computer use is low but hand held is > increasing. > > They are two different things. Each has it's place but the style sheet > is superior unless a website is relying entirely on browser styles. I > cannot recommend enough that anyone who has a website should learn a > minimun of css to at least understand how read and find styles. > Technology is improving and will pass webmasters by unless they stay on > top. > > Lorrie > > On 02/28/11 10:58, Billie Walsh wrote: >> This is getting blown all out of proportion. >> >> I'm not saying that style elements and CSS shouldn't be used. >> >> I have a video series on CSS and Style elements that I picked up. And I >> have been working on learning more about CSS/style elements when I have >> some spare time. I have incorporated some style elements into some of my >> pages to do things you just can't do with standard HTML tags. The web >> page editor that I use has a built in style/CSS editor but you have to >> know more about how it works to use it. >> >> All I'm saying is that for some things there is a simple HTML way to do it. >> > > On 02/28/11 10:58, Billie Walsh wrote: >> This is getting blown all out of proportion. >> >> I'm not saying that style elements and CSS shouldn't be used. >> >> I have a video series on CSS and Style elements that I picked up. And I >> have been working on learning more about CSS/style elements when I have >> some spare time. I have incorporated some style elements into some of my >> pages to do things you just can't do with standard HTML tags. The web >> page editor that I use has a built in style/CSS editor but you have to >> know more about how it works to use it. >> >> All I'm saying is that for some things there is a simple HTML way to do it. >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._

At 01:10 PM 2/28/2011, Billie Walsh wrote: >All right. I stand defeated. I don't know if I will unsubscribe, but I >will hence forth and forever refrain from posting anything to the list. >It appears that alternate views are not welcome. Billie, You are free to express your opinion, just as others are free to express theirs. Discussing divergent opinions is how we all learn. Pat Asher List Admin

I'll come to Billie's defense here, at least in part. I am quite competent in HTML and CSS (check out my FreePages website) and there are some things that are easier and more intuitively expressed in HTML. I'm thinking especially of tables for solving certain layout problems. -R. On 2011-02-28 13:10, Billie Walsh wrote: > All right. I stand defeated. I don't know if I will unsubscribe, but I > will hence forth and forever refrain from posting anything to the list. > It appears that alternate views are not welcome. > > On 02/28/2011 11:57 AM, lrlaskey wrote: >> Billie, >> >> I have to speak to this. I know I am preaching to the choir for some >> listers but for those not using or understanding style sheets, comparing >> a few characters of html styles in a line of html code to that of a >> style sheet is like comparing apples to oranges. >> >> There is no comparison when one considers the savings in time, file >> size, errors, site control, download time, ability to include other >> styles based on whether mobile, desktop, print and so on and so on. It >> must be experienced to be understood. >> >> And, the flexibililty will continue to improve in the future as hand >> held devices and their use increases. This is especially true in lesser >> developed countries where desk top computer use is low but hand held is >> increasing. >> >> They are two different things. Each has it's place but the style sheet >> is superior unless a website is relying entirely on browser styles. I >> cannot recommend enough that anyone who has a website should learn a >> minimun of css to at least understand how read and find styles. >> Technology is improving and will pass webmasters by unless they stay on >> top. >> >> Lorrie >> >> On 02/28/11 10:58, Billie Walsh wrote: >>> This is getting blown all out of proportion. >>> >>> I'm not saying that style elements and CSS shouldn't be used. >>> >>> I have a video series on CSS and Style elements that I picked up. And I >>> have been working on learning more about CSS/style elements when I have >>> some spare time. I have incorporated some style elements into some of my >>> pages to do things you just can't do with standard HTML tags. The web >>> page editor that I use has a built in style/CSS editor but you have to >>> know more about how it works to use it. >>> >>> All I'm saying is that for some things there is a simple HTML way to do it. >>> >> On 02/28/11 10:58, Billie Walsh wrote: >>> This is getting blown all out of proportion. >>> >>> I'm not saying that style elements and CSS shouldn't be used. >>> >>> I have a video series on CSS and Style elements that I picked up. And I >>> have been working on learning more about CSS/style elements when I have >>> some spare time. I have incorporated some style elements into some of my >>> pages to do things you just can't do with standard HTML tags. The web >>> page editor that I use has a built in style/CSS editor but you have to >>> know more about how it works to use it. >>> >>> All I'm saying is that for some things there is a simple HTML way to do it. -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA Little Nine Partners Historical Society Trustee, Webmaster, Lifetime Member http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nylnphs/ Personal website: Genealogy, et Cetera: http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/