[thelist] 3-column div hell....

Matt Warden mwarden at gmail.com
Fri Aug 6 11:37:24 CDT 2004


On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 08:29:50 -0700, Karl Jacobs <kj at studio.aero.org> wrote:
> Can someone tell me why I should waste any more time trying to do it in
> pure CSS (float, absolute, voice-family, Oh My!) when I can do it with
> a simple table with 3 cells, and a simple div in each cell?...

If you want to read up on the tables vs. CSS layout argument, there
are plenty of resources on the web. Google is your friend.

The main thing to remember, which is often forgotten by the pro-tables
side of the argument, is that CSS layouts are just as easy as table
layouts.

Yes, there is a learning curve. But there is a learning curve with
using tables for layout, too.

Yes, the CSS learning curve may be steeper, because things like float
are a little difficult to get one's head around. But, read one or two
good CSS articles about float and you've got it.

But, once you get beyond that, it's are just as easy as tables. In
fact, in my personal opinion, it's somewhat easier because the markup
is more simple.

Anyways, the point is that the 'tables are easier and faster to
create' is just not true (unless you are using most WYSIWYG editors,
unfortunately). What *is* true is 'tables are easier and faster to
create for people who haven't learned how to do it with CSS.' But, I
think you'll agree that point doesn't have much use.



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Matt Warden
Berry Neuroscience Lab
Department of Psychology
Miami University



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