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[Nick Sabalausky]

"Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
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> Stewart Gordon wrote:
>> The layout breaks in anything but the default text zoom.
>
> The annoying thing about this is everyone says "don't use tables for 
> layout, use CSS." Except that using CSS for layout DOESN'T WORK RELIABLY. 
> With tables, I can get 3 columns that are actually 3 columns, not 3 
> columns that are a side effect of bugs in CSS.

YES!! This is a pet peeve of mine (but then, what isn't? ;) ). I've even 
been meaning to write up a little article about it. For styling, CSS is, 
umm, acceptable. But it's crap for layout. And every argument I've seen 
against using tables for layout has been either extremely minor, 
questionable/uncited, or just plain bullcrap.

Speaking of, if anyone has links to well-regarded "why you shouldn't use 
tables for layout" information, please post them. Whenever I get around to 
doing that little write-up I'd like to try to refute as much as I can. Or be 
proven wrong before making a bigger ass of myself. Either way :)