Tableless WebParts and WebPartZones

I think I established why MS web developers have tables tattooed to their foreheads in my previous post on the subject.
Well, here’s my, partial, solution to this. My ultimate goal was to remove as much of the table markup as I can. It doesn’t solve all the problems associated with the bloated markup, but for [...]

ASP.NET WebParts are bloated and stupid!

Is it just me, or do Microsoft developers have a chronic inability to understand web semantics? I.E. Use markup that makes sense and not abuse it for layout purposes?
Or why else would they insist on baking in tables into every WebPart and WebPartZone? And when I say baked in, I really mean it. It’s so [...]

Recycle your layouts!

Be green (with CSS) and save your sanity. There are so many combinations that can be achieved with one simple iteration that it doesn’t make any sense to start again from scratch just because it’s a new project.
I don’t see why so much time is being spent on rewriting a layout, when some tweaking in the [...]