Layout with table

An experiment to see if there are any benefits to layout app using tables.

by nil

HTML

<div id="container">
    <table>
        <tr id="header">
            <td>
                <div>icon</div>
                <div></div>
                <div>button</div>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr id="navbar"><td>nav</td></tr>
        <tr id="content-area"><td></td></tr>
        <tr id="footer">
            <td>
                <div>Copyright</div>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</div>

CSS

#container {
    height: 400px;
    width: 300px;
    border: 1px solid blue;
    padding: 10px;
}
table {
    border: 1px solid green;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}
tr {
    border: 1px solid grey;
    padding: 0;
}
td {
    border: 1px solid green;
    margin: 0;
}
#content-area {
    background: grey;
}
#header {
    height: 50px;
    background: yellow;
    width: 100%;
}
#footer {
    width: 100%;
    height: 30px;
    background: yellow;
}

#header div:first-child {
    float: left;
}

#header div:last-child {
    float: right;
}

#footer div {
    text-align: center;
}

#navbar > td {
    height: 20px;
}