"Walter Bright" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Stewart Gordon wrote: >> The layout breaks in anything but the default text zoom. > > The annoying thing about this is everyone says "don't use tables for > layout, use CSS." Except that using CSS for layout DOESN'T WORK RELIABLY. > With tables, I can get 3 columns that are actually 3 columns, not 3 > columns that are a side effect of bugs in CSS.
YES!! This is a pet peeve of mine (but then, what isn't? ;) ). I've even been meaning to write up a little article about it. For styling, CSS is, umm, acceptable. But it's crap for layout. And every argument I've seen against using tables for layout has been either extremely minor, questionable/uncited, or just plain bullcrap. Speaking of, if anyone has links to well-regarded "why you shouldn't use tables for layout" information, please post them. Whenever I get around to doing that little write-up I'd like to try to refute as much as I can. Or be proven wrong before making a bigger ass of myself. Either way :)
