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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How would tables solve the issue they're talking about?
Tables are the way. For tables.
Support for tables would be nice.
Doesn't Excel have a similar table system?
It's how e.g. Wikimedia/wikipedia tables behave.
Those "nice" tables are not very nice.
Tables = Use to show tabular data and formsTables != Layout
The product also desperately needs simple tables
Stand horrified! What is wrong with tables?
Neat! Does it support tables? This is one of the biggests disadvantages of the existing solutions.