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Describe the difference between, and the advantages of handling layout of HTML documents using either:
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Answer |
Property |
Tables |
Css |
Frames |
Browser support | Widely | Not always fully | Widely | |
Exact layout control | Good | Good when it works | Not so good | |
Advanced format and font control | Restricted | Very good | Restricted | |
Download time | Some browser will not display a tble until it has been downloaded fully. | May need access to a separate CSS file. | Separate files for each frame. | |
Separate scrollable regions and sources for each region. | No | No | Yes | |
Support for common layout for many pages, which can be changed in one operation for all the pages. Separation of formatting and control. |
No | Yes, also a format class can be defined and then used in multiple places. | Restricted. |