I think you might be looking for this blog post: http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/28/table-based-layout-is-the-next-big-thing/
It talks about using display:table-cell, display:table-row for divs. It's pretty interesting stuff and should mostly be supported by modern browsers since the release of IE8. On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Matthew Heiner <[email protected]>wrote: > I strongly agree with Devon, tables should be left for displaying data, but > not as a means for structuring a webpage. www.dynamicdrive.com has a lot > of good layouts for most basic needs. > Matt > > > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Devon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> The TABLE tag takes an awful beating in CSS circles, and folks take it >> as "Do not use tables!" That's not the right message. It's really "Do >> not use tables FOR LAYOUT." If you are displaying tabular data, please >> use a table. >> >> Take a look through SmashingMagazine.com as they often have have "Top >> 10 X for Y"-type articles. >> >> A quick search gave: >> http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/13/top-10-css-table-designs >> - Making tables of data look nice >> http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/01/12/free-css-layouts-and-templates/ >> - Laying out a page without the use of tables >> >> An article on tables from a usability perspective: >> http://www.usability.com.au/resources/tables.cfm >> >> On May 22, 12:56 pm, sso <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi, I saw a website a while ago that had 10-15 different options for >> > CSS tables that were predefined and available for use. Anybody know >> > what site I'm talking about? Agh, I can't find it now! >> > >> > Thanks! >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ -- You received this because you are subscribed to the "Design the Web with CSS" at Google groups. To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
