Re: Seybold column: Why Tables for Layout Is Stupid

[Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>]

   BizShop wrote:

     I am struggling to make CSS layout work in all the browsers, and find it
     very frustrating.  There are kludges - and then browsers (like IE7) that
     break the kludges.
     The idea of CSS replacing tables is a very good one -  and I recognize the
     benefits - but can anyone point me to any large/prominent e-commerce site
     that is laid out entirely in CSS? I've been searching for someone who has
     done the research - and have looked at a few of the big ecommerce sites by
     viewing source code - and all I've checked so far use table based layout
     with lots of CSS on top.,

   You need to get "CSS The Other Manual."  (I got mine from Borders, but
   Amazon and Barnes and Noble also have it.)  It not only gives you a lot of
   info on CSS and how it works, it talks about the workarounds for IE4-6 and
   how IE works differently from older versions with CSS.  I'm about 3/4 of the
   way through it and have found in invaluable.
   Al

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