Table Support Debate

Commenters advocate for better table support in web editors, tools, and UIs to display tabular data effectively, criticizing lack thereof and debating proper usage versus layout misuse.

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Sample Comments

sabellito Dec 20, 2025 View on HN

How would tables solve the issue they're talking about?

spurgu Dec 25, 2021 View on HN

Tables are the way. For tables.

fludlight Sep 24, 2013 View on HN

Support for tables would be nice.

jsmith99 Aug 13, 2020 View on HN

Doesn't Excel have a similar table system?

andrepd Nov 6, 2019 View on HN

It's how e.g. Wikimedia/wikipedia tables behave.

papln Jun 11, 2019 View on HN

Those "nice" tables are not very nice.

abrudtkuhl Nov 15, 2010 View on HN

Tables = Use to show tabular data and formsTables != Layout

peteretep May 19, 2021 View on HN

The product also desperately needs simple tables

nerpderp82 Feb 6, 2021 View on HN

Stand horrified! What is wrong with tables?

kken Jun 2, 2013 View on HN

Neat! Does it support tables? This is one of the biggests disadvantages of the existing solutions.