Separating layout and content is a mistake. Content should be inextricably linked to how it is presented. This is what design means; it means taking content and displaying it in an understandable and pleasing way. Every piece of content desires to be presented differently.
This is exactly why CSS is such a horrible pile crap. It trains designers to separate content from presentation, and it's not designed for page layout. CSS is designed for forcing content into little boxes.
As long as people design for the web by separating content from presentation, we're never going to evolve into something better.
Just look at the end result of this article. It's a boring, lifeless "design" as a container for any type of content. It goes completely counter the very soul of Zeldman's quotation.
Separating layout and content is a mistake. Content should be inextricably linked to how it is presented. This is what design means; it means taking content and displaying it in an understandable and pleasing way. Every piece of content desires to be presented differently.
This is exactly why CSS is such a horrible pile crap. It trains designers to separate content from presentation, and it's not designed for page layout. CSS is designed for forcing content into little boxes.
As long as people design for the web by separating content from presentation, we're never going to evolve into something better.
Just look at the end result of this article. It's a boring, lifeless "design" as a container for any type of content. It goes completely counter the very soul of Zeldman's quotation.