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Old 06-09-2003, 07:26 AM   #8 (permalink)
UnnDunn
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Originally posted by thecow
Is there something bad about using tables for positioning? Most of the sites I goto use them for positioning. I actually had problems with div (acting like it wasn't standardized), and ended up going with tables. One of the pages I was redesigning for work had used div, and it looked totally jacked up from one version of IE to the next.
Unless you're vry careful, tables can get very complex, very fast. More complex nested tables can slow down browser rendering, increase HTML size and result in a horribly broken page should it not load properly.

Table-positioned pages are also less accessible.
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