things in HTML that make no sense

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  • raf0

    "Tableless" CSS took away a few useful layout-setting techniques tables had. Fast forward almost ten years, we're still stuck with this half-baked solution.

    What tables had and is gone now:
    - autostretch cell width (within a row)
    - equal height columns
    - vertical centering within a block element

    A lot of intuitiveness was taken away too. It's probably good as it made harder for civilians to make websites and provided us more work.

    • these are all easily enough replaced with the right css though and pro vs. cons css still wins.airey
    • I'm not making an argument pro or con, of course it wins. Just saying it has serious and stupid design flaws.raf
    • ..and these are not "easily replaced" - it's always duct taping of some sort.raf
    • yeah you're right. although i've always been a fan of the handyman's secret weapon!airey

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