Re:In web design, everything easy is hard again
by james-skemp on Sunday February 11, 2018 @07:46AM
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Having lived/worked through that period of time, it was due to rendering. The entire table had to be loaded before it could be rendered to the browser.
If your entire site was wrapped inside a table, nothing would load until it all did. If I remember correctly.
I'm not sure if that's still an issue with modern browsers, and our faster connection speeds, it if increased processing and network speeds have made it insignificant now.
Re:In web design, everything easy is hard again
by graycat on Sunday February 11, 2018 @08:56PM
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My largest Web page sends for 400,000 bits and as two files with JavaScript enabled and just one file otherwise. So, the pages should load and "render" very quickly.
If your entire site was wrapped inside a table, nothing would load until it all did. If I remember correctly.
I'm not sure if that's still an issue with modern browsers, and our faster connection speeds, it if increased processing and network speeds have made it insignificant now.
Edit: SE answer with more: https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/a/6037/3403