[thelist] Browser Stats
rudy
r937 at interlog.com
Thu Aug 29 21:57:00 CDT 2002
> http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0802d.html#livedandlovedlikefrank
the zeldman says,
Since float is essential to CSS layout...
it is no such thing
it is merely one of many layout techniques that you may choose to use
one of the more broken ones
further on, he concludes
Until [microsoft fixes the ie6 bug that cuts off long text in
any floating div], A List Apart and other sites that use float
to present columnar layouts will frustate some percentage
of would-be visitors.
i don't suppose it would occur to him that perhaps there is something
basically wrong with the columnar layout? nah
his conclusion is
transitional XHTML layouts that include some table-driven
formatting feel more and more like a reasonable choice. :::
(aside: what's up with those colons? and why three of them? sheesh)
the part i don't understand is -- why transitional, mister z?
tables are perfectly valid in strict
rudy
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