On 7/2/06, Philip Tellis philip.tellis@gmx.net wrote:
smugly. tables are for tabular data, divs are for logical divisions of data. build your markup correctly and you'll be able to change the style of your site without touching the markup ever again.
This is something I never explored. I always went with the assumption that tables were the best way to lay out my page (as is evident from my site). I just gave a try to using divs and I get your point; the code looks much cleaner. The nested tables are a nightmare in comparison.
I guess the main reason is that I (and probably many amateur webdevs) learn HTML from "24 hours" primer tutorials, which show tables as the way to lay out pages. My bad for not having looked deeper. Never too late eh :)
Thanks, Siddhesh