Posted by Secret Agent X on 11/03/07 17:20

1001 Webs <1001webs@gmail.com> wrote:

>Every respected Web-authoring Guru says that.
>This is the era of table-less design, CSS code, XHTML compliant
>websites.
>Separate layout from content.
>
>There's no reason to use tables any more.
>Everything can be done with CSS.
>Tables are so 2002ish ...
>
>Do you agree with that?

No. On two counts:

1) Not EVERY respected web-authoring guru says that, only some.
2) It's bollocks <g>


>I don't.

Ditto!

>I've run into many situations where I just couldn't achieve the
>desired effect in different browsers without using tables.
>But it could be that I'm not well versed on the intricacies of CSS ...

Tables are appropriate for table layouts. They also work great for
some other layouts.

CSS is a distinct and separate system for suggesting colours, sizes,
margins, paddings, line spacing. typefaces, and lots of other things.
CSS and tables are as distinct as beer and wine. One does not negate
the other.

X

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