I don't think those properties should be thrown out. As someone said they are useful for what they were meant to do: style documents. But they're very clumsy wh

I don't think those properties should be thrown out. As someone said they are useful for what they were meant to do: style documents. But they're very clumsy when it comes to laying out applications. CSS (and/or HTML) simply needs a friendlier and more direct interface for this purpose.