Don’t worry about tables because even the top websites use them.
One of the major advantages of table is that content can expand to the browser window with greater control and without having to beet off all the IE bugs. See this page:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/ now expand and contract the window will mess up the left navigation. Ok I know how to fix that but if you want another fixed columb it all becomes a pain.
Now imagine doing my homepage in Layers...
www.futuremovies.co.uk it cant be done!