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By mcarthurgfx
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Published: Apr 10 2009 / 04:20
I've seen several big name web-sites point out this argument about whether or not CSS is worse for making web-sites than tables were, and I'm honestly getting sick of it . Some (self-proclaimed?) bigwigs in the web industry are even saying it's easier to use tables and that's what they're going to use for now. Is it really too hard?
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Comments
DaveMBush replied ago:
This is just a rant and not a reasoned arguement addressing the very real issues involved in using CSS instead of tables.
Should we use CSS over tables?
Absolutely.
Should we never use tables?
Not yet. CSS does not yet address every circumstance. I wish it did.
mostlyharmless replied ago:
I didn't see where he said you should never use tables. I read it as a rant against developers who agree to the benefits of CSS but still use tables because their inability to wrangle in CSS.
BlueBoden replied ago:
Equal height column-layouts, is just about the only situation where tables would be easier to maintain, still used together with divs, to keep it to a minimal of cause. This would merely be a way to avoid the complexity of the CSS based alternatives.
But why not simply chose another layout, which is perfectly do-able with CSS? Ever since IE7, the differences, and lacking support, has been on practically no significance to be mentioned.
I'm more annoyed by JavaScript differences now, then I'm annoyed by CSS differences.
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