DIV vs. TABLE

Wandering on the links came across a site Dimoksa. One of his popular posts dedicated to this particular. topic. I read the post himself fluently, not much delving into the meaning of. But the comments have pleased. But the last comment not only pleased, but closed the topic:.

Maxim Nikitin.
Colleagues, it seems to me, ... n. - It is all right in theory but in practice - Labuda. Let's look at. I have a portal realto. ru. Weight of the title page in the code - 136 KB to content. If we discard the content is about 70 kB (this is in view menu, all counters and other disk imaging utility ). In this case, when the page is loaded, then transferred to 800 KB of data (images, files, js- scripts, css and so on, which is cached on the client and re- loading is transferred to 250 - 300kb ).
Reducing the source of the page 2 times due to layout divs and get 70/2 = 35 kb. The number of graphics and content remains the same. Both the client by going to a portal page for the first time will not notice much of a difference ( yes, 35 Kb modem connection - it is about 5 seconds, but I do not think that ... all the same. ratio of content / code is always in the direction of separation bolshiiiim content. So, yes, the code is reduced, but the client is absolutely violet.
Now let's get to the ... We use an open look at the statistics and traffic to the site: for the last full week we had 375 429 views. For a preview, we reduced the data transmitted at 35 kb. So, this week we have 13 megabytes of traffic fell a penny. So, one day we will win imee slightly less than 2 MB. I think this figure is absolutely frivolous by today's standards. Especially when you consider that the total daily outgoing traffic of our site is about 7 GB per day!. The gain will be 0. 03%.
And now let's talk about the negative sides of. The first and worst -. lack of cross-browser. All of these shamanistic tricks first, make it difficult to develop, and secondly, make it more expensive - and. Specialist div - layout is more. and. time on the same page will go more. The result is a net loss:) I'm not saying that the remake of the tables on the diva - this is also the time that the money.
In general, alas. At the moment,. to apply this technology on an industrial scale is not profitable. But that does not mean that we should forget about it and refuse. No need to develop this area. But we should not blindly rush to do it so:).
With best wishes:).

And I have little to add. Man is said to. And those who still suffers ( enjoys ) with divas can argue. But I do know that my spreadsheet templates correctly viewed in all browsers.

Yes, the most amusing comment about the impact on sickle. If it is, then a slight. 've Never heard anyone say that he achieved outstanding results in seo by divs layout and validity.