I found chart the other day, obviously humorously intended, depicting the average amount of time spent on different activities during web design.

It’s more accurate than you think. I’ve done a lot of time trying to build css-only sites, only to give up and fall back to good ol’ tables. Tables have a way of working that’s fundamentally accepted by every browser. And once to do some magic tricks with tables, such as using a little positioning adjustment, things just work.

CSS is nice, sweet, and powerful. But it’s just too much trouble.