alt Hacker NewsHow the elements were abused does not take away from the fact that HTML elements represent their content, not their layout except for <table> which is probably the only the exception.
How the elements were abused does not take away from the fact that HTML elements represent their content, not their layout except for <table> which is probably the only the exception.
These elements weren't "abused." It was the only alternative before CSS was around! Then CSS took years (decades?) to catch up to the simplicity of table-based layouts.