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I like CSS but I'd agree that tables got a bad rap. They were very easy, very effective, and only occasionally turned into a nightmare of nesting that was impossible to maintain

My problem with CSS now is that it's gotten too bloated to the point where it's introducing privacy and security risks. I really want an add-on that restricts CSS by default to only a sane subset of features.

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Using tables for layouts is an accessibility nightmare.

They're also awful to maintain over time, if you're needing to add new elements and require new columns or cells (and then there's the need to nest tables when using them for layout).

I attempted to fix a website by adding closing table cells that were missing, and finally got the page to validate as XHTML Strict and Transitional. The entire layout shifted, and was completely based on those missing end tags.

it's really not. It requires adding a single attribute to tables that exist for layout.

What attribute? And how do you affect the reading order? Say on a page with a side navigation?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/A...

How does that solve anything? Your dom order is still tied to your presentation.

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