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CSS Display:Table Would you use it yet?

by Lambert Klein
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Now that IE8 includes the CSS display:table and is catching up to other browsers, would you consider using it in your web pages?

It seems a lot easier than floating <DIV>s or other options.

I may try it in some of my smaller sites, but will probably hold off a while with my main ones.

What do you think?

Lambert
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  • Profile picture of the author sovarn
    How about IE6, IE7 support?

    Why would you need tables for unless you are representing data.
    I think display: table is a little redundant.

    Stick with the floating divs, it is much simpler.
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  • Profile picture of the author ninal
    I'd stick with divs. I won't even consider that even for a second.
    And sovarn is right, you'll just have problems making it work for lower versions of IE which still have substantial users.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lambert Klein
    Display:Table in CSS is not the "Evil" data tables. You can read about it here.
    Internet Explorer 8 and the Totally New World of Cascading Style Sheets

    IE7 is why I'm not doing this with my main sites yet.... but ie9 should be coming out soon.

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    • Profile picture of the author Sam Fowler
      Regardless of new features supported in IE8, etc, you want your site to be compatible with IE 7 and Mozilla browsers.

      There needs to be a compelling reason to go to a new code implementation - and even then, if you can't support all your users, it's probably not a good idea.
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