Tables vs. No Tables

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zaricpp

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Is it a good idea to use an invisible table in your site? I've heard both and would like some clarification.

Thank you,

Zaricpp.
 
krymson

krymson

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Tables XI

css :D

Tables havent been used in web "DESIGN" since the 90's they are used in shopping cart systems as an example to show data from a data base so its cool in that aspect cause the items are tabular data.
 
notarypublic

notarypublic

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When browsers read tables, they actually have to read them twice - the first time is to calculate their dimensions for rendering, the second time is to fill them with content. While the idea that search engines can't read the data in tables for SEO is a myth, but it will increase load times dramatically. Long load times will affect your page ranking.

Also, CSS layouts are usable across multiple pages and can be changed all at once by changing the CSS rules. Tables cannot.
 
Phreaddee

Phreaddee

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Tables havent been used in web "DESIGN" since the 90's
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in an ideal world yes, but unfortunately that is not the case, they are still being used by a lot of folk and I wish it would go away, just like IE6.
 
helloworld

helloworld

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I am also on team DIVs!
However.. if you are working in collaboration with other developers, you may consider tables.. as a lot of people will break your site due to lack of div/css knowledge & carelessness.
 
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d a v e

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helloworld said:
I am also on team DIVs!
However.. if you are working in collaboration with other developers, you may consider tables.. as a lot of people will break your site due to lack of div/css knowledge & carelessness.
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anyone who calls themselves a developer should know how to code properly: their problem, not yours (assuming your using valid code) advocating tables just cos some other people are about 10 years out of date doesn't help anyone
 
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bcee

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d a v e said:
anyone who calls themselves a developer should know how to code properly: their problem, not yours (assuming your using valid code) advocating tables just cos some other people are about 10 years out of date doesn't help anyone
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+1. Tables should never be used for layout.
 
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Pheno

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This debate was won long ago. Use tables if you want to display a table, for everything else use divs.
 
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d a v e

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Pheno said:
This debate was won long ago. Use tables if you want to display a table, for everything else use divs.
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i think that this has pretty much been firmly established now, unless anyone else wants to repeat what's been said. again.
 
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