I am confused by that paragraph.
What does it mean? So if i create large HTML tables, the application
will be slower?
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HTML tables are a useful way to format data, but a cost is associated
with using tables. For a browser to correctly display a table, it can't
display any part of that table until it has received the entire table
from the Web server. This is because any row, even one near the end of
the table, can affect the width of columns and how the table will be
formatted. Therefore, if you display data in a table, the user will see
no data at all until all the data is present. If you were to use
another type of displaya list, for examplet he data would be displayed
as it was received. In reality, the page likely will take as long to
fully load with or without tables. The disadvantage of using tables is
that it takes longer for any data to appear. Actual ColdFusion
processing time is identical regardless of whether tables are used, but
the user perception could be one of a slower application if you create
large HTML tables.
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