Zachery, that's a rather blatant statement. Nobody is saying that tables are evil nor that they should not be used when called for. Use tables if you want to display table content, such as a spreadsheets. But use CSS if you want to define a layout for which, everyone agrees nowadays, tables are not the best tools.
There are so many reasons to switch to CSS and leave oh-so-yesterday table layouts behind, some of them are:
There are so many reasons to switch to CSS and leave oh-so-yesterday table layouts behind, some of them are:
- faster rendering
- reduced code size (compare the source code of the new phpbb design to the vb design) leading to reduced bandwidth consumption and faster page loads
- better support for non-standard displays, such as mobile devices
- easier to design new layouts
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