[thelist] dangerous CSS, was: Netscape... why?

[aardvark]

> From: Erik Mattheis <gozz at gozz.com>
[...]
> Why am I plagued with the curse of people thinking I'm being a smart
> ass or taunting them -- even when I'm not? It's wasn't intended here
> at least.

welcome to my world...

> I posted the original question about simulating frames with CSS
> several weeks ago, and if memory serves correct, I got zero
> responses. Certainly none closer to a solution since other than than
> "position: fixed is buggy, avoid it" ... which indeed seems an
> acceptable approach.

i left it alone because it didn't fit any of my needs, and i didn't
have time to go stress-testing it...  if i don't know how something's
going to work/break, then i generally won't applaud/attack it...

> Samir, I feel your pain in only being able to achieve the effect you
> desire in a limited number of browsers ... I've achieved the effect I
> want in IE 5.x Win and Mac, and NN 6.x Win and Mac ... and had to
> resort to proprietary methods to do that ... I'd be overjoyed if there
> was a way to do it that would work the same in a variety of browsers
> ... that's the kind of thing I'm looking for ... as well as compelling
> reasons why I shouldn't give up and use "real" frames ... there's been
> some of the latter, but none of the former.

unfortunately, i think it's too soon to expect strong browser
support..  i tend to dislike frames, but if you can get a block of
CSS to work in th latest browsers as a frame might, degrade well in
older browsers, and crash none, then hell, it's the way to go...

sadly, we all know the real story...

[...]
> than one person  ... you'll know when I'm trying to insult someone if
> you see a comparison to a life form without a backbone or that lays
> it's eggs in the water. --

a platypus?

--
Read the evolt.org case study
Usability: The Site Speaks for Itself
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904151035/evoltorg
ISBN: 1904151035