Been there and I do agree in principle - I like compact code that makes sense. But if it takes me 5 hours of experimenting to get a "CSS Only" layout working in multiple browsers, I can't help but think "why bother".
Because the second time you do it, it won't take 5 hours.
Especially when that same layout takes 5 minutes using tables and most
visitors can't tell the difference.
You have a defined, repeatable process (even if it's only "fire up $STEAM_AGE_WEB_PAGE_EDITOR") for making tag-soup web pages. You don't have a defined process for making standards-based web pages. Until you do, you're comparing apples and oranges and complaining to us that the oranges we're showing you aren't red enough.
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"Everybody But Me"
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