Personally, I think this 'no tables' policy sucks.

Tables can be really useful and people who know enough HTML to create tables, can normally get it right.

Is there any other reason for banning them?

I'd assumed that it was to do with the fact that incorrectly coded tables would stuff up the entire thread in Netscape.

Can anyone clarify as to why this change was made?

Saying: "Get in touch with Joe or Pene, if you need a table" is a non-starter.

In a forum such as this, a comment made 24 or ever 10 hours late loses its validity.

Jon