ASP.NET 2.0 CSS Friendly Control Adapters are useful for presenting
neat and clean html code for various controls like GridView, Menu,
TreeView, DetailsView etc.
By default ASP.Net controls are rendered in browser using
tags which takes more time to load and make the HTML code difficult to read. But now come in picture – ASP.NET 2.0 CSS Friendly Control Adapters which generate CSS-friendly HTML code. At present these adapters can be used with GridView, Menu, DetailsView, TreeView, FormView and Login controls.
More information and Download can be found here –
ASP.NET CSS Friendly Control Adapters
A very nice walkthrough tutorial is also there –
http://www.asp.net/CSSAdapters/WalkThru/WalkThrough.aspx
These adapters can also be used with existing website by reading the following whitepaper –
ASP.NET CSS Friendly Control Adapters whitepaper
I am using these adapters and found them very useful for every asp.net developer.