I strongly agree with Devon, tables should be left for displaying data, but
not as a means for structuring a webpage. www.dynamicdrive.com has a lot of
good layouts for most basic needs.
Matt

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Devon <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> The TABLE tag takes an awful beating in CSS circles, and folks take it
> as "Do not use tables!"  That's not the right message. It's really "Do
> not use tables FOR LAYOUT." If you are displaying tabular data, please
> use a table.
>
> Take a look through SmashingMagazine.com as they often have have "Top
> 10 X for Y"-type articles.
>
> A quick search gave:
> http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/13/top-10-css-table-designs
>  - Making tables of data look nice
> http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/01/12/free-css-layouts-and-templates/
>  - Laying out a page without the use of tables
>
> An article on tables from a usability perspective:
> http://www.usability.com.au/resources/tables.cfm
>
> On May 22, 12:56 pm, sso <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi, I saw a website a while ago that had 10-15 different options for
> > CSS tables that were predefined and available for use.  Anybody know
> > what site I'm talking about?  Agh, I can't find it now!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
>

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