Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/04/07 15:28

mic123@gmail.com wrote:
> On Nov 4, 12:33 am, Adrienne Boswell <arb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Jonathan N. Little"
>> <lws4...@centralva.net> writing in news:7b1b4$472c9f47$40cba7c4$21950
>> @NAXS.COM:
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>>> mic...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> On Nov 3, 3:35 pm, 1001 Webs <1001w...@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?
>>>>> I don't.
>>>>> 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
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>>>> Tables are the easiest
>>>> If you need something simple use tables
>>> See if you feel that way after editing a site with a half dozen nested
>>> tables with row and column spans...
>> Yes, without going into the HTML, and having the server write a lot of
>> javascript href="javascript('somethingbad')"
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>> I inherited that nightmare a few years ago, all gone now.
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> Is CSS faster than tables?
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Define "faster".

Download? Depends on the page. Maybe yes, maybe no.

Rendering? Depends on the page structure and browser being used. Maybe
yes, maybe no.

But if you've got problems with the time it takes to display your page,
CSS alone probably is neither the cause nor the solution.

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