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-Holds thumb up- Like. Toungue
So.... I should?
I found a good use for tables. When i was making a table for a tourniment. You know it has uses.
Mybb uses tables, so i really do not see an issue with them, even though i prefer to use css containers.
Can anyone actually say what's wrong with using tables for something like MyBB?
The problem is what do you mean by layout? If you're laying out tabular data (like a list of threads with view and post counts or user information) then that site is dead wrong. In that case, not only is it acceptable to use tables, but it's probably stupid to use anything else.

For things like centering the page or adding some padding, then yes, using tables is stupid.
lol

Quote:
  <h1>No.</h1>
  <!-- Honestly, no. -->

  <!--
    <table border="0" width="100%">
      <tr>
        <td align="center">No.</td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  -->
  <!-- Fact: Chuck Norris hates layout tables! -->

I think the only reason MyBB uses tables is because it was designed in 2003 (give or take a year) and was never modernized. XenForo is table-less.
So is phpbb3, if I am not mistaken.
(2011-01-21, 08:57 PM)Tweep Cat Wrote: [ -> ]So is phpbb3, if I am not mistaken.

and look how that turned out
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