[Eclug] OT: What is up with the span tag

Hi!

         Almost didn't see your message...

>The SPAN tag really is the exact same thing as a DIV, except that it is an 
>inline version rather than a block level element.  It is useful for both 
>applying styles like you mentioned, and for doing dhtml things such as 
>changing text

But isn't inline styling when I set style attributes directly without 
referencing a style from an internal or external style sheet?



>Again, it really is just the inline version of a DIV tag, and is used for 
>all the same purposes when you want to do things inline.
>
>Randall

This page http://webdesign.about.com/od/htmltags/a/aa011000a.htm claims 
that div and span are not the same or one inline and the other one sth 
else. I think I will be OK just to look at the SPAN tag for now. It just 
doesn't seem to make sense. :/

         David K.