[lancedouglas]

Tables are a tool. I think that most agree that it is best used for grid/tabular data representation.

Tables are similar to a club (caveman-style), it performs best at a particular task, such as knocking-off dinos, but it was quite often used as a hammer, paper-weight, table-leg, etc. Once specific and readily available tools came about, the club's value as a club didn't diminish, just its extended usability did.

CSS provided programmers the ability to not use a club as a wrench, but there will always remain a value for tables until something more efficient and effective comes about for the task that they serve.

[ics]

Divs are a like a club too, except the dinos are extinct and so they're expected to be generic. Maybe I'm just feeling nostalgic for something that doesn't exist, but even when looking at clean, clever, or well-architected markup I can't help but think it could be much better.