Posted by NorfolkSteve 3 years 4 weeks ago
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I read with interest in the Web Developers Guide that the use of tables (TD/TR etc) should be avoided as it causes problems on multiple phone browsers (p. 42).
Now that is something I do not specifically disagree with, but in some cases IMHO it cannot be avoided.
For example, the ESPN mobile site (as recommended in the best/worst practises document) uses tables in the team comparison part of the following link....
http://m.espn.go.com/nhl/gamecast?gameId=290420010&autoRefresh=0&action=stats
I can't immediatly think of a better way to show this data... does anyone have any thoughts or recommendations?
Ta,
Steve
Posted by ruadhan 3 years ago
Mobile Champion
Tables should be used only when they need to be. In earlier drafts of the mobileOK scheme, inclusion of tables warranted a FAIL, whereas now this as been relaxed so that a WARN is flagged rather than an outright failure.
The reason for this is as you have suggested, that sometimes there is no better way to display tabular data as in the ESPN example. On the flip-side, you should avoid using tables for the design layout of your page.
So the motto goes: "tables for tabular data!"
Ruadhan O'DonoghuedotMobi
Posted by NorfolkSteve 3 years ago
....makes sense... thanks!
"tables for tabular data" - not quite a t-shirt design, though!!!
:)
Steve
Steve Ritchie Spis Tech LtdPosted by xyz 3 years ago
Hello,
I think those rules belong to the "myths of the (mobile) internet".
Posted by ruadhan 3 years ago
Mobile Champion
Myth might be a bit strong ;-) After all, who likes scrolling horizontally? And unless you're careful about how you use them, tables can easily become too wide for small screens, and your page can quickly become a navigational nightmare.
Ruadhan O'DonoghuedotMobi