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I resent the "(ab)" in "(ab)use tables for layout"... it was all we had AND was still better at vertically centring things until Flexbox arrived!
by sodapopcan 5y ago
I resent the "(ab)" in "(ab)use tables for layout"... it was all we had AND was still better at vertically centring things until Flexbox arrived!
- goto11 5y agoAbuse only in the sense they were not designed for this purpose. Like people using <blockquote> to create margins. It is like using a screwdriver to knock in a nail because you don't have a hammer - better than nothing, but not what a screwdriver is designed for.
- sodapopcan 5y agoA table is an extension of a grid and therefore actually in the same ballpark as the proper tool for layout whereas using <blockquote> to create margins is totally random (though perhaps someone could stretch an explanation). It's of course pedantic to discuss all this now as those days are thankfully long gone :D