As my last article makes some waves out there, just read some of the comments
here,
here and
here. I want to state that I am not against
using tables on web pages, just against using the elements in a way they are not mean to. Also encouraging to the
web entrepreneurs (the intended audience for this site) to use best practices on their projects. Why? Cause on the long way the good practices pay: when you have to add features, correct some bugs, scale the app, etcetera, etcetera… etcetera.
This list of website represent successful websites that are using good practices right now, and are doing something to make the web a better place.
The listYahoo.com – Clean and a perfect Grid Design example
Blogger.com – None and very complex design If you ask me
Microsoft.com – None, more complicated design
Skyrock.com – I don´t even know this website, but they are doing great
Wretch.cc – I don´t know what they say but they use not tables, very complex design
Youporn.com – Well, they are about porn but taking care of web standards
UOL.com.br – What you say about complex layouts again?
Dailymotion.com – Eat that! YouTube
Allegro.pl – 0 tables involved
163.com – This one too
AOL.com – One of the once-I-was, make the switch
WordPress.com – Guess what!, None as expected
WP.pl – Hey Poland, what are you eating these days?
Netlog.com – As a blog platform… was expected
Terra.com.br – Go Brazil Go!
Passport.net – He he, I see what you are doing here Microsoft!
Apple.com – What do you expect!?
Xanga.com – One more here
Globo.com – Brazil has now 3
Adobe.com – Otherwise I am going to uninstall the CS Suite
6.cn – What a name!, no tables
Mozilla.com – Ja!
Digg.com – Dare you!
Tudou.com – Asia, once more
One.lt – One, one… one more to count
iG.com.br – Brazil, there must be some anti table/pro CSS law down there?
Download.com – Okay CNet, stay that way.
56.com – Numbers in the name but not tables in the game
Youku.com – One more YouTube clone without the tables, WTF?
Divx.com – Finally 30!
Divx.com is the site number 136 by Alexa Rankings (today), so about the 22% of the most popular websites are NOT using tables as the main structure. They have from simple to very complex designs and layouts, and all have the same problem like every web developer out there, cross browser issues, but still there are trying.
In the other hand
What are doing these ones: Google.pl, Amazon.com, IMDB.com, Seznam.cz, photobucket.com, Megarotic.com, Imageshack.us, Google.com.mx, Yandex.ru, onet.pl, go.com, BBC.co.uk, imagevenue.com, sohu.com, craigslist.org, megavideo.com, free.fr, Google.co.in, fc2.com, livejournal.com (just one in the Log In/Register Box), deviantart.com, Google.cn, Google.co.jp, taobao.com, Google.com.ar, rambler.ru, Google.ca, Google.co.vn, Mininova.org (offline at the moment of the photo), adultfriendfinder.com, Google.com.pe, ebay.de, metroflog.com, veoh.com, Google.co.ve, Google.com.tr, Geocities.com, Google.com.sa, Google.it, googlesyndication.com, vnexpress.net, Google.com.eg, Google.co.th, fotka.pl, vkontakte.ru, sendspace.com, ebay.co.uk, mixi.jp, badoo.com, badongo.com, cnn.com, bebo.com, tom.com, discuss.com.hk, mediafire.com, yourfilehost.com, maktoob.com, kooora.com, multiply.com, iwiw.hu, Google.sk, rakuten.co.jp, Google.ae, gamespot.com, perfspot.com (yeah, sure), 4shared.com, rediff.com, depositfiles.com, about.com (for sure), Google.com.ph, usercash.com, Google.com.au, Google.ro, dantri.com.vn, centrum.cz, zshare.net, invisionfree.com (just one).
Who cares?
Is true, I know, the average Joe and Jane out there, don´t even know that they can see the source code of a website if they want to. Also, the big chairs several floors over your head, in your company, give a shit about it! The standards and good practices not lead to more revenue… yet.
Finally
It´s up to you what tools or practices you use in your work. I give you that, but… think about blind people and accessibility for just say one example, just for a moment, think it. What will heard a blind people when enter in your page? And answer you can answer yourself: “A nonsense speech inside a tags soup”. I am sure that´s not what you want. Do you?
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