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css sucks...
I cannot (will not) WASTE 1hr to do the same with CSS that I do in 1min with tables.
Cannot waste my time evaluating the 1.465.112.147.897 hacks for vertical align anything.

Fix (or something) the CSS and then come to me again in... 5 years...

(please... ie has NOTHING to do with anything.. shut up.. will you?)

I used to be a true believer in the pro-CSS/anti-table camp. But like pollodiablo, I have grown tired of fiddling with CSS to get something done that could have been whipped together in seconds with a table. I use tables sparingly mind you, but sometimes, a table is just want the doctor ordered.

jaja, nice one !

This is lame.

Absolutely true. If you're still stuck on tables for layout, you need to learn some CSS.

CSS is best used for styling - not layout. It has never worked well for layout as most browser quirks fall into this area.
Tables:
Use less code
Are simpler
Are easier to maintain
Generally perform better.

So clearly we should be using CSS for layout. ;)

How do tables have less code? You have table, tr, td, colspan, etc all over the place, unless it's the most basic layout in which case you could probably get buy with a bit of intelligent CSS and no table at all.

If I am displaying "data" it is in tables period.

displaying tabular data? use tables + css for color/font/etc

layout? use tables + css for color/font/etc

period.

CSS needs "hacks" = wasting time + resources in something that you'll need to "re-hack" in the next 6-12 months.