But seeing tables being used for layout annoys me far more than the blink tag.
How come? CSS positioning is pretty unintuitive, and sometimes it's just easier to get something working with tables. If the end results look fine, what's the problem? Table-based layouts aren't in-your-face like the blink tag was.
Oh, and don't view-source on HN ;)
as a <table> user, I feel vindicated :P
I find divs and spans easier myself but I guess, yeah, at the end of the day if it looks fine and it loads fine then it's fine. Too much pain from hand-coding too many tables has made me twitchy and curmudgeonly.
Oh, and don't view-source on HN ;)
Oh, i'm aware... It's just too bad html doesn't provide elements that handle nested lists. If only. Ah well.
So, just FYI, if you find yourself generating HTML for something like HN anytime in your life.