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Yancey
post Mar 6 2007, 06:04 PM
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I'm getting ready to design a site and in one of the many books I just read I think it was mentioned that tables would become obsolete at some point in the future. I know that CSS is not available in older browsers.

At this time, is it recommended to use CSS or tables for the layout?

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Peter1968
post Mar 6 2007, 06:12 PM
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Tables aren't becoming obsolete - they will always serve their purpose for tabulated data. They were never meant to be used for layouts, that's all.

I recommend you use CSS, and as for it not being available on older browsers, so long as the page structurally makes sense without CSS, you'll be fine.

http://www.glish.com/css/ is a great place to start.
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Yancey
post Mar 6 2007, 06:35 PM
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Just the info I needed. Thanks, I had to tear myself away from the link to come back and thank you.

I understand your comment on tabulated data. I appreciate the clarification.

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