[WEB4LIB] Re: Creating an empty table cell

[Raymond Wood]

> At 11:55 AM 3/14/2002, Robert Sullivan wrote:
> >I've always used   when I wanted to make sure my tables displayed
> >properly.  I have recently seen a comment that it's better to use a break tag
> >to fill in an empty cell.  I have used <br> in tables to make them more
> >intelligible to text browsers, but not for this purpose.
> >
> >Any opinions?
> >
> >Bob Sullivan                               scp_sulli at sals.edu

On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 06:33:32AM -0800, Keith Higgs remarked:
> Occasionally I will use a single pixel transparent gif.  That's a 1*1 
> bitonal gif in which that one pixel is the transparent color.
>
> D. Keith Higgs. Email: dkh2 at po.cwru.edu, dkhiggs at yahoo.com

But is this a better solution?  Why would it ever be necessary
to use graphics in such an instance?

Cheers,
Raymond