Chapter 5. Working with Tables
In the early days of HTML, one of the most challenging page design problems dealt with the inclusion of tabular content. How could you readily structure data that was more than just a simple list? Authors needed to create grids, spreadsheets, and other information that rightfully belonged in a table if it were to be printed on paper, yet HTML didn't always have this facility. Thankfully, tables were included in HTML 3.2, and are again available in enhanced form in XHTML 1.0.
After their introduction, Web designers quickly realized that tables could be used for more than just truly tabular content. By organizing the content of a page into columns and rows, enhanced visual designs could be achieved. Some early WYSIWYG ...
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