Josie

I know that I should do more work on using CSS from the beginning in a given project, but too many years of working with tables is very hard to give up. I am such a wizard with tables because of so much experience that it's difficult to convince myself to take the plunge and learn all there is to about handling the same kind of information in CSS. I find I usually just stick with a basic CSS stylesheet still and mostly do tables, using "time" as an excuse (I can do this faster in tables than CSS).

Then again, most people don't face this learning curve. I had to adjust from frames to tables already, so it'll be a little while before I make the total jump to CSS, although I agree it's the way of the future and the best way to code in the long run for all the reasons people have brought up.

Garrett

Im not going to argue or say your wrong, but its usually divs that do the job. And the CSS Puts the divs were you want it and how you want it to look. Im starting to get into more of a tabless design then tables. Why? All clients I have gotten have been asking me to code tabless, and from what Ive dont with it its alot easier then tables. Hope Ive helped.

anne

I'm trying to make all my new sites without tables, I'm still not good at it - I can't do it intuitively the way I can do tables, but I'll get there in the end I hope!

It is forcing me to make my sites simpler, and cleaner, which can only be a good thing.

darren

I have treid to design my new sites in css but i often find myself cheating and reverting back to tables for structure.

Garrett

I dont see why tables cant be used. But I would say try to do the most with divs till you need the tables.

Smith

I think that tables are still good for certain situations, but that CSS is by far better. You need to start using CSS if you want to be able to support wireless devices such as PDAs and cell phones.

Deadmarine

CSS may take time but better in long run!

Bash

CSS is definetely the way to go. Shorter files, search engine friendly, more accessible.. Only problem is having to spend more time trying to get it to work on all browsers :/

Critizin

Well i been learning to code in CSS and yes i agree CSS > Tables. but Tables = easier to use and learn. So for people that are just begging.. i would suggest tables but eventually in the future u will have to upgrade to CSS.

kungfukenny

I tried CSS out of curosity and haven't looked back since, saves so much time although the odd browser quirks here and there do end with a bit of a hair pulling session but it's worth it big time in the long run.

As for tables, I still use them as they're part of HTML, but I only use them for what they were intended for in the first place, holding tabular data, not page layout. This is how CSS is supposed to be used setting up your HTML describing each element and then using CSS to style those elements.