DIV Tags

[andilcho]

Greetings,

I am wondering why are div tags replacing tables slowly but surely ?

Somebody please explain...

[coothead]

Hi there andilcho,

the answer to your question will be found within these links...

• Why tables for layout is stupid: problems defined, solutions offered
• Ten ways to speed up the download time of your web pages
• Nested Tables: About the (ab)use of tables as layout tools in webpages.
• Why Tables Are Bad (For Layout) Compared to Semantic HTML + CSS
• Why go table free?
• Why avoiding tables (for layout) is important

coothead

[VIPStephan]

Not div tags, semantic code is replacing (layout) tables.

[dotnetmind]

semantically incorrect to simulate data tables with divs