slazer2au@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWhat is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?message-squaremessage-square271linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?slazer2au@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square271linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoUse tables for presenting tabular data, not for layout of non-tabular data. If you’d put it in a relational db or spreadsheet, then tables is fine.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoTHE AMOUNT OF TIMES I SEE PEOPLE USE A TABLE WHEN BULLET POINTS WOULD WORK IS TOO DAMN HIGH. Tables SUCK is you’re putting long paragraphs randomly in specific places and not others.
minus-squareearly_riser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoIt’s also bad for accessibility.
Use tables for presenting tabular data, not for layout of non-tabular data.
If you’d put it in a relational db or spreadsheet, then tables is fine.
THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I SEE PEOPLE USE A TABLE WHEN BULLET POINTS WOULD WORK IS TOO DAMN HIGH. Tables SUCK is you’re putting long paragraphs randomly in specific places and not others.
It’s also bad for accessibility.