Hi, I would like to ask what are the pros and cons of Tabled layout versus a Tableless Layout? When did the Tableless Layout started? Thanks!
Some people have commented in article above that they are still using table layouts as compatibility for IE is too hard using CSS and that the design process is much easier using tables. Whilst that may be true initially, once you're used to CSS, I imagine it wouldn't take you much longer to do at all. It also uses web compliant methods so that's a reason in itself. Personally I have not thought is too troublesome and don't think there is anything you can do with tables that CSS cannot do; if anything, I believe you've now got more tools in your arsenal.
compatibility with IE can be overcome using a second style sheet just for IE, that way you can make your site look the same in all browsers. It's actually much easier than using tables.
You can either set out a table and fill it with content and know it will look the same in all browsers (pretty much) or you can hack around with endless css sheets and references, try to work out why a div floats wron, overlaps etc and smash your pc up because you spend half your life getting css fixes on forums. When IE comes into line css and divs woohoo, until then just use a table and ignore the puritanical nonsense you read on design forums!
the w3c consortium says that tabless are not to be used for designelements of a website thats what div'S are fore and I think it's the better way to use div'S even it should give some issues with IE. IE is crap so give a f*** about it and if you have enough users that still use iE fix the errors but keep useing dib'S everything else is nonsense
Tableless layouts will load faster than tabled layouts and are much, much, much easier to maintain in the long run. Generally, for 'modern' web design, tables should be used for content, not layout. The layout should be purely CSS.
Because data can be presented to search engines in any way shape or form, tableless layouts are the best for SEO, and give you the most flexibility design-wise. However, table layouts are STILL great for doing what tables do best, display tabular data.
Tableless layout is here maybe more than 4 years. I remember me to having troubles when I was going from table to css layout.
Tables are great for some things, for example when you need to center things vertically or when column sizes need to be automated. Table less design is good for template layout.