Posted by Sherm Pendley on 10/01/07 22:37

"fred.haab@gmail.com" <fred.haab@gmail.com> writes:

> On Oct 1, 6:01 am, Jim S <j...@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
>> Almost all the many pages on my website look something like thishttp://www.jimscot.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Jims_pictures/Jimspics_14_wav...
>> Is there any advantage to doing away with the 'table' as a placeholder?
>
> The rants against tables are way overblown, IMO. Yes, I avoid tables,
> and there's a lot of practical "theory" about why you shouldn't use
> them for layout, and they all make great points. There are, however,
> cases where even the most creative use of "div" and css doesn't work,
> especially on all browsers. So then they think hacks to make IE look
> right are better than tables. I don't.

Agreed.

The key reason to avoid layout tables is that it makes for cleaner markup,
simplifying both initial development and maintenance. Some people confuse
the end with the means, though, and insist on avoiding tables even when
cross-browser issues make the alternative far more complicated.

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