Using tables in web design
Years back, when the different browsers had different understanding of styles, the best way for web designers to create a website that would look the same in all browsers, was to use tables. By doing this, the design was hard coded in the HTML markup. Now we keep the “look” of the site separated from the actual (X)HTML code that builds up the pages, by styling the pages with Cascading Style Sheets.
However, that doesn’t mean that tables have no use. There are still moments when you need to include tabular data on your website.
About 2 years ago I wrote a simple tutorial on styling tables with CSS.
No, don’t build an entire page with tables, but when you do use tables, be sure to style them so they fit your design.
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