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Table based layouts (still being used on practically every forum I frequent) weren't so bad until mobile came into the picture. With fixed sizes, they just were
by eksith 13y ago
Table based layouts (still being used on practically every forum I frequent) weren't so bad until mobile came into the picture. With fixed sizes, they just weren't flexible. Plus the added bandwidth of sending hundreds of <td>s were non-trivial for those of us who were on a shoestring budget and had sudden influx of visitors back in the day.
Of course, now we've replaced the hundreds of <td> with hundreds of JS files instead. Problem solved!
- runn1ng 13y agoIf I remember correctly, in IE6, the table didn't load until all of the elements loaded. That's how they tought us tables were baaad.
- eksith 13y agoIndeed, you do remember correctly. This was especially fun on dialup. But it was OK because the forum was running phpBB, which would invariably be hacked/spammed, so you'd be getting a free dialer which was guaranteed increase download speeds ;)