The fact is, some layouts that are brain dead simple with a table are pretty much impossible with css, unless you start using javascript, hooking onresize etc w

The fact is, some layouts that are brain dead simple with a table are pretty much impossible with css, unless you start using javascript, hooking onresize etc which gets really really ugly fast. css layouts can sort of cope if you specify everything in pixels. For fluid layouts they just don't work at all. The amount of hacks and hoops to jump through is just ridiculous waste of time when tables do the layout without any fuss at all. Do you think the 'float' 'clear' properties in css are nice? To me they are an ugly inadequate hack at trying to specify layout. Just trying to get a div to vertical-align center is enough to drive anyone crazy.