Hi and welcome Noa! > The only advantage I can tell is that it just doesn't use any > <table> or > <td> or <tr> tags, which I have an irrational hatred towards.
Let's not get carried away with hatred for tables. They have a place in (x)html and where appropriate are the best tool for the job. Using them as a layout hack is worthy of hatred, but not for tabular data. The use of "summary" "caption" and using "header" with ids to link column and row headings (<th>s) to the data also makes them completely accessible as they are then self-describing when accessed non-visually by assistive technologies. When entering any cell it will also give which column and row the cell belongs to. Take a look at http://www.evolt.org/article/Building_accessible_tables/4090/42090/ (I know there's a better one but can't think of it right now). An analogy: Think of tables as a drug like morphine which has both legitimate and inappropriate uses (medical and recreational in case some of you are in a table-induced haze). Many people got hooked on tables for inappropriate use late last century and are still having trouble breaking the habit, but in the hands of a skilled practitioner, they can do a lot of good. We need a wing at the Betty Ford clinic for table addicts... P ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
