I'm not the site owner, and I'm not a web developer. I'm a big iron programmer who writes algorithms and implements processes for dealing with specialist data. I've written HTML, but not since v2.0. I'm not up to speed with CSS or HTML5, although I've glanced over the specifications and have some idea of the concepts.
With that in mind ...
I'm always bewildered by people who ask this question. I don't understand what's wrong with using tables and center. No, it's not using the latest HTML5 standards, and it's not using bleeding-edge features, but
(a) it works
(b) it's fast
(c) it runs on both new and old browsers
(d) the HTML expresses the formatting intent
(e) in this context, separation of content from formatting is overkill.
So I'd be really interested to understand the alternate point of view. Apart from the obvious mistakes in the HTML, why is it regarded as bad practice?
Is it just because it's old?
With that in mind ...
I'm always bewildered by people who ask this question. I don't understand what's wrong with using tables and center. No, it's not using the latest HTML5 standards, and it's not using bleeding-edge features, but
(a) it works
(b) it's fast
(c) it runs on both new and old browsers
(d) the HTML expresses the formatting intent
(e) in this context, separation of content from formatting is overkill.
So I'd be really interested to understand the alternate point of view. Apart from the obvious mistakes in the HTML, why is it regarded as bad practice?
Is it just because it's old?