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When Should the HTML table element be used for tabular data, and why is it never?
The HTML table element. In days past it was used as the primary means for controlling visual layout. Thankfully we put that to bed a long time ago*. Now we only use it when we want to display an actual table, like -Google Sheets-, -Number-, -Excel-, and -Notion- does. 😳
Well that's embarrassing, none of those use tables to display a table. In fact, perhaps HTML tables should be used at all. Perhaps HTML tables are actually deeply against the nature and grain of the web. If so, what do we do about it?
Cory Brown
Opinionated but never certain.
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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