Tables or CSS?

[sanky12ka4]

The general consensus around here seems to be CSS and around my graphic design forums it seems to be tables. Is CSS a better choice than using tables? Does it always render faster? I'm looking for your opinions and possible reasons why CSS is better used.

[Alan]

CSS is definitely preferable to tables for page layout. You just need to look at the WCAG conformance guidelines to see why.

[killermike215]

You definitely want to go with CSS. Remember this: tables are for tabular data. Nothing else.

CSS also makes for maintainable and readable code. So if you want to update the structure and markup of your code, then you can easily do that without trying to see what column matches up with what row, etc.

[promotiger]

gr8 question...keep it up.....hmmmm if u ask me i would go with css.....as far as i can see it certainly enjoys an edge over tables

[alibaba-clone]

css is definitely better. it helps allot for good seo.

[promotor]

css is more comfortable and easy for maintaining purpose... i found that tables are very confusing ....

[Thanoz]

Tables have limits, you can do alot more things with CSS codes, it may be a little harder to code a website with css but the result will make you happier. What is more, CSS is considered as a standard for a website design/coding.

[mepk]

i guess CSS but its up to the requirements. if you are working with short project, and no use of same things again then table is better, otherwise css

[unigogo]

CSS is better for layout design. Table is better for tabular data.

[Flufferthepuff]

CSS is definitely the way to go. As allready stated above, tables are for tabular data ony , keep it that way.

You can find a lot of discussions at google about this. Some are against some not. However I see that the last years, more people started to use div's and stopped using tables.