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Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on April 5, 2006, 12:32 pm
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dubing@gmail.com wrote:
> This following table is populated with data pulled out from a backend
> database and published on a website. Right now, most name fields have
> a lot white space due to some names are too long.
Although you later commented that you had solved the problem by removing
<nobr> markup, I just have to remark that you have described the problem all
wrong. Saying that someone's name is too long is almost an insult. Saying
that the width available for a name is too narrow is a statement of a fact,
often related to wrong design of some data processing application.
Generally, a person's name should be kept on one line in a table. It might
even be advisable to use markup (e.g., <td nowrap>) to achieve this. Whether
this is practical depends on the table as a whole.
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