Can you cite some numbers here. Browsers are hugely optimized for displaying tables. They have tables down to a fine art.
I'm completely unqualified to be talking about this, so only to a certain extent do I even feel like I should answer this: I have simple and mere examples of what works on production sites I've prodded and nudged into working.
No tables, pure CSS (design) working w/ PHP (calculating as per SASS/HAML). Not even any JavaScript. Site runs really fast. Even checked on YSlow, it runs quicker than most tabled sites doing the same thing.
I don't have a CS background; everything I've learned has been self-taught. I consider myself more of a CSS "artist" than a real "programmer". So YC News hates me 95 percent of the time, as I've had a hard time melding with the "set-in-stone" terminology people here like to downmod for. However, I do know, intuitively, why and how certain things work why and how they work. Most of the time, I simply prefer the large bandage to the 1000+ small band-aids on browsers. Can work both ways. :)
I'm completely unqualified to be talking about this, so only to a certain extent do I even feel like I should answer this: I have simple and mere examples of what works on production sites I've prodded and nudged into working.
If talking numbers / citations is the solution:
http://www.calculae.com
No tables, pure CSS (design) working w/ PHP (calculating as per SASS/HAML). Not even any JavaScript. Site runs really fast. Even checked on YSlow, it runs quicker than most tabled sites doing the same thing.
I don't have a CS background; everything I've learned has been self-taught. I consider myself more of a CSS "artist" than a real "programmer". So YC News hates me 95 percent of the time, as I've had a hard time melding with the "set-in-stone" terminology people here like to downmod for. However, I do know, intuitively, why and how certain things work why and how they work. Most of the time, I simply prefer the large bandage to the 1000+ small band-aids on browsers. Can work both ways. :)