reposted from my personal blogthis post is re: this article.the
author makes tons of great points for reasons to use tables for ease of
layout. the problem is that the point of not using tables is so that
your content is not tied to your layout in any way. while i agree that
for simple easy formatting, tables are FAR superior to css in many
ways, the problem is that you probably will want to modify the
formatting at some point. why not be able to completely customize your
entire site with one file rather than modifying all of your files. if
you are displaying tabular data, then...
I sent this to a buddy of mine who is a web designer/programmer who went to school for design. I thought his comments were worth posting with this. =Pthat is awesome.i heard something in a Lexus commercial (i
think it was) to the effect of design is superior to art because with
art you're creating something beautiful that anyone can interpret
anyway they'd like to whereas with design you're creating something
beautiful that everyone should interpret the same way. like marissa
mayer says, and i agree, creativity loves constraint. combining the two
ideas, design is more creative than fine art.--marcus