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> 3)"Tables for layouts are a legacy method that should not be used any more. Layouts utilizing div blocks, and in the near future, CSS3 Multi-column Layout or CSS3 Flexible Box Layout, should be used instead."

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Lay out nodelets as <div> instead of <table> ?
Lay out main content as <div> instead of <table> ?
Lay out threads as <div> instead of <table> ?

> Tons of lots of talks about it ...

It's obvious that we have to stay somehow backwards compatible to

people sticking to the (16 years) old design
people disabling JS
people using the huge variety of options (which were entered over time to please individuals like you)
robots parsing PM (like this cool "google" thing)

That's called legacy ...

So what's the appropriate reply to your critic?

bullshit?
stupid?
ignorant?
you didn't read these "talks about it", but cared to comment?

please choose two or more!

> and no action.

TobyInk acted, I acted, others acted.

There are already plenty of interfaces and possibilities "to act".

> If they have waited this long they do not care, so why bother.ッ

Well did you act yet?

Provide a migration concept which doesn't kill backwards compatibility and a suggest a better design as default theme, please.

I've just shown you ~~all~~ some open APIs to do so.

And please read some of these "talks about it".

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

Je suis Charlie!}

In reply to Re^3: Update the GUI (toolkit) by LanX
in thread Update the GUI by Anonymous Monk

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