[thelist] Displaying tabular data with div elements

[ben morrison]

> I recently had a discussion with a colleague regarding a new website.
> The colleague suggested that we would have no HTML tables at all on the
> website. Tabular data would be displayed in arrangements of floated div
> elements. My view (on semantic grounds) was that tabular data should be
> displayed in HTML tables, with tables not used at all otherwise.


Tabular data SHOULD ALWAYS be displayed in tables - that is what they
are and have always been for. Use summary, thead, tbody and scope to
maintain accessibility.

Layout should be done with DIVS and semantics.

You are correct.

Ben.