If you want to make your regular html show better on browser you can use a javascript library from datatables.net.
simple example which i use on my project.
1. Add jquery >=1.7 and datatables js and css to your html page.
2. create a html table (use thead tbody tags) and give it an ID.
3. call javascript code as simple as below (can add option as parameter also).
$(document).ready(function() { $('#table1').DataTable();} );4. Enjoy your new good looking html table !
Below is latest datatables js and css as per today downloaded from datatables.net