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No just css grid, that's all we ever wanted ;=) (But honestly tables suck bad time, I did wrote some table base hobby website back in 2009? or so and it wasn't
by dathinab 6y ago
No just css grid, that's all we ever wanted ;=)
(But honestly tables suck bad time, I did wrote some table base hobby website back in 2009? or so and it wasn't nice (the experience, not the website which was quite fine). Sure basing a GUI on a grid is the best thing to do in many cases but tables are no grids. Grids are more flexible.)
- inopinatus 6y agoNot sure if you’re joking, because CSS Grid does provide 99% of my layout needs. (or it would if 5% of my users weren’t still using IE11, but that’s another story.)
- koolba 6y agoThe biggest problem with tables was that they worked.
- bluejekyll 6y agoExcept if you need to support different device sizes and dynamic layout.
- laumars 6y agoI’m not defending table based layout but in fairness different device sizes was less of an issue back then because almost all browsing was done on a PC or Mac and thus dynamic layout wasn't even something you needed to considerate.
- bluejekyll 6y agoWell, my point was more that it’s not a great option today. You’re right, back in the day when everyone’s screen sizes were somewhat consistent, it worked, though still had many quirks.
- chriswarbo 6y ago> different device sizes was less of an issue back then because almost all browsing was done on a PC or Mac and thus dynamic layout wasn't even something you needed to considerate. It saddens me when Web sites assume they are in a full-screen window :(
- _underfl0w_ 6y agoImpressive that you remembered having two sets of nested parentheses going by the end of your comment and closed them correctly. Perhaps that's part of the problem...
- Aeolun 6y agoI’m sure if we still had to use tables someone would have built a React wrapper by now.