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From: Ted Gies
Date: Mar 6, 2006 4:50PM

All,

What is better for controlling spacing between items on a web page, a nbsp; or an invisible image with alt=""? As far as i know JAWS will read every nbsp; with a "blank", which i could envision as being very annoying for someone listening to a web page.

Also, i know that there will be CSS purists out there who will not like the idea of using tables and   or spacer images for layout. I am fully aware of the benefits of separating content from presentation, however in reality many websites out there still use tables for layout and occasionally that means an invisible spacer or two.

thanks in advance,

Ted


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