One thing that CSS does especially badly that tables do well is correlated sizing. It's easy with tables to make all the elements in a layout row all have the s

One thing that CSS does especially badly that tables do well is correlated sizing. It's easy with tables to make all the elements in a layout row all have the same height. Doing the same in CSS is possible but requires so many hacks that the net result makes you feel dirty. I've watched this war for years now, and just wish both sides would give some ground. As long as you do your layout with the fewest amount of tables needed (trending toward zero), the you shouldn't need to guilt yourself out about it.