Posted by Ed Jensen on 11/05/07 16:43

In alt.html Red E. Kilowatt <redkilowattREMOVE@aww-faq.org> wrote:
> Simple for you, maybe. I find CSS incomprehensible for anything beyond
> specifying fonts and backgrounds, like trying to position boxes within
> an overall layout.
>
> And honestly, I don't want to learn, because as far as I'm concerned
> tables work fine. Granted, improving the text to mark-up ratio on my
> sites would probably help their search engine ranking slightly, but I'd
> rather send my time figuring out new ways to make money.

Speaking from the viewpoint of a USER of the web rather than from the
viewpoint of a DEVELOPER of web sites:

I prefer web sites built with table-based layouts. I have trouble
reading the tiny, tiny fonts that are all the rage on the web these
days. I almost always increase the font size a step or two.

Table-based layouts seem to handle my font size increases without any
problems (for the most part).

CSS-based layouts seem to have trouble handling my font size
increases. This usually results in sections overlapping other
sections and, in many cases, some sections being completely obscured.
Sometimes, sections even vanish entirely, apparently being rendered
into some kind of void.

Right about now, I'm sure Ivory Tower types are blaming this on web
developers writing bad CSS or something. But the fact of the matter
is, if a tool makes it hard to do things right, then the tool should
probably be considered fundamentally broken.

As a result, I tend to consider CSS fundamentally broken for the task
of layout.

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