# Table Based Layouts... womp womp

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/table-based-layouts-womp-womp/200945>\
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**Created:** [September 16, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/table-based-layouts-womp-womp/200945 "2006-09-16T22:43:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![chriskalani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@chriskalani](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chriskalani)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/table-based-layouts-womp-womp/200945/1 "2006-09-16T22:43:36Z")

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Alright, so most “Standards” guys are against table-based layouts and I am having a hard time seeing why. Now don’t get me wrong I have seen some guys make sites with tables and I totally laugh and wonder wtf they were doing. But I feel like there is a right and a wrong, good and bad way of going about doing it.

I for one use tables because I just understand them better. But I also use a load of CSS with them. I guess you could say I use the tables a lot like you would divs.

For example the td tag will only have \<td class=“content”\> every other attribute will be determined by the CSS file. Is there something wrong with that? Because I have tested my sites on every browser I can think of (even mobile browsers) and on the 3 main platforms and I must say I don’t see anything getting messed up.

So tell me why I should switch to divs… or if what I am doing is ok… thanks guys.