smashingmagazine.com — Tables got to be one of the most difficult objects to style in the Web, thanks to the cryptic markup, amount of detail we have to look over to, and lack of browser compatibility. A lot of time could be wasted on a single table although it’s just a simple one. This is where this article comes in handy.
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natnieAug 14, 2008
Yeah. Digg me down... nobody explain why... keep me ignorant...
taketheleapAug 14, 2008
please explain why this is on the front page. If you are a designer and can't come up with these on your own, then you need a new profession.
mscripAug 14, 2008
> "and akin to use tables for layout."And what about all those years BEFORE CSS when EVERY site used tables for layout? Do you wanna get in your time machine and tell them they are doing it wrong? CSS is great. But it's only been about 5 years since browsers could render CSS correctly. The web has been around 13 years. So, unless I'm missing something... millions of sites have used tables for layout. Were they wrong?
svivianAug 15, 2008
That's because they've been told "don't ever use tables for layout", which they've interpreted as "don't ever use tables".
svivianAug 15, 2008
It's because for "vertical" tables - where the headers are in a column - you can't use THEAD (it's only for a header row). So you need TH elements to say those elements are header cells.And the article only uses the "odd" class, and not an "even" class.