Saw this link getting dugg today. Despite a huge CSS fan, I have to agree with one of the comments.
The fact that getting a 3 column layout in CSS is a feat of wonder is an indication that something is terribly wrong with the standard. Building this layout should be obvious, intuitive, and in no need of discussion. This is absolutely trivial with tables — the only difficulty being that CSS zealots are going to crucify you when you put it together 10x faster than they can.
I’m all for the semantic web, but the fact that people still can’t admit that CSS lacks a grid positioning system (allowing you to align content to other parts of the document tree) is why it still lacks such a system. Get off your high horse. Admit that CSS layout is inferior to tables in some cases and needs some revision, and maybe someday life will actually be easier.
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I like having the flexability to change my layout to however I want and not have to worry about going in and modifying the html. OK, so sometimes that’s not that easy either, but at least it’s possible. With tables, you can’t have users choose between multiple, drastically different layouts. A grid thing would be sweeeeeet!
I can’t go to the link b/c att is telling me they have dirty art. At least that’s what I’m guessing “EXART” means anyway.
Hi, I found your blog because it seems like I am using a template that you designed. Just wanna say: thank you so much! Cheers! 🙂
I love this layout it is very cute!
I strongly agree with you. Normally you can modify or re-write an entire theme ten times faster with the so deprecated tables then with css. There is really something wrong with the standards and the way they work.
I thought there are now CSS table structure???
Did I misunderstand??
I can make a non-fluid layout using CSS almost as fast as using tables. However, I do miss the days of tables and width=”100%” height=”100%” 😛
I’ve always found 3 cols to be kinda…annoying. But I can put them together pretty quick. It’s getting them to work in everything that’s the pain.
Tables are soo much eaiser when trying to structure things, but CSS is like the “better” method according to professional developers. I find it hard to create more than two columns using CSS and takes so much of my time which could be done in about 5 mins using tables.
Maybe sometime in the future CSS will develop to include structures or an effectiveness positioning system.
I agree wholeheartedly. Personally, I won’t hesitate to use tables if it’s going to save me time and if the user wouldn’t notice the difference anyways. Otherwise, I stick to CSS as much as I can. 😎