Technofyed

Most webmasters know that CSS makes it easier to get content exactly how you want it. But is using CSS rather than tables better?

I personally believe it is better, but what do you guys think about the whole CSS vs. tables thing?

no they are not, it's easier to load than anything else and it simple to read. like i know you know the site but go to the Ogame forums now that they revisesd them. they are a killer. when you scroll up and down, it takes like whole seconds for it to do it. not sure why, but it only happened when they remade that forum.

Slayer, tables load a lot slower than CSS. I don't know what's going on with the OGame forums.

You will find a lot of professionally coded websites still use tables for the basic layout. Maybe it is better cross-browser compatibility for the initial layout.

From the aspect of professionalism, if you still work with tables (which I do, btw) you are working with outdated tools. It is a fact that tables take longer to load & the data gets visually swapped around as table dimensions are set during loading time. Using DIVs with css is by far more acceptable in professional situations, & outperforms tables by loading faster & looking much more elegant.

Should you use tables? Sure. Just don't expect to land the job of web developer at a place of employment if they are in your resume

Well of course used in their proper place of displaying information I would definitely prefer tables, but I don't do layouts with tables anymore.

Slayer, I check the Ogame boards source code and they do use CSS, no tables. I'm guessing the reason it's doing that for you (it's fine for me) is that they have 66 forums on the index, each with their own unique div ids, link classes, etc. Plus, since you use IE there's enough problems right there.

(11-12-2009 10:19 PM)RWenger Wrote: [ -> ]Plus, since you use IE there's enough problems right there.

I absolutely loath IE & use it as little as possible. I would rather use opera, safari, or chrome but .