Hi Aaron, How about this article, helpfully titled "Why tables for layout is stupid".
http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/ Also, I highly recommend Jeffrey Zeldman's book "Designing for Web Standards". It's a great read, for zealots and non-zealots alike :) K. -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http://www.perthweb.com.au/ Ph: 08 9226 1366 - Fax: 08 9226 1375 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron DC > Sent: Friday, 14 May 2004 1:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [WSG] Tables are bad because... > > ... heya all - just joined the list for interest's sake and > am slowly making my way through some of the posted CSS-savvy > sites. Somewhere along the way someone decided tables and in > particular nested tables are a bad thing (tm) - I am curious > as to the reasoning/history behind this, and the penalties I > will receive when I release the new website design for my website :) > > Regards, > Aaron > > ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
