Web Do's & Don'ts » Tables

Use tables in HTML email

Bojan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:59:28 +0000

Tables are inappropriate for layout, but a necessary evil in HTML e-mail. Mail clients have bad CSS support which means we must use tables when coding newsletters to ensure consistent display across clients.

Don’t forget summary attribute

Siniša — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:29:30 +0000

The summary attribute serves a particular audience ― those that cannot determine the structure of the table visually.

Don’t use inaccessible tables

Bojan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:14:05 +0000

Tables should be used only for tabular data. Don’t forget to make the tables structured and accessible by using proper markup.

Never use HTML tables for layout

Bojan — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:34:53 +0000

Tables should be used for one thing and one thing only: tabular data. You should never use the HTML table element for layout.