slazer2au@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?message-squaremessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?slazer2au@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 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-up5·3 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-up3·3 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.