Tables do have their performance penalty during layout stage. Not too much probably but it is certainly more heavy-weight than a block-container. On the rendering side there's no noticeable difference between the two except that the table approach might perhaps generate a few surplus areas that might remain empty in your case.
On 23.07.2008 20:47:13 David Gerdt wrote: > Is there any known performance penalty for using tables vs. absolute > positioning or vice versa? I've been using tables to control the layout > of most of my documents, but they can be a major pain to modify when > the need arises. Restructuring the table can be a major headache when row > and column spanning is involved. I'm thinking that moving to absolute > positioning would make things more 'granular' and maintenance easier. > Will there be any difference in performance? Or maybe that is a > renderer-specific question? HTH Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
