[thelist] RE: How does "Box-in-a-box" hack work?

[Maximillian Schwanekamp]

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I said:
> I guess the thing that led the W3C folks "astray" on the box model is the
> centrality of content - the correct box model uses content as its point of
> reference, not the box into which said content is being
> presented.  My .02.

Joshua Said:
Do
consider that the only reason for boxes is for layout and presentation.  If
the point of the web was only content, then you wouldn't be able to style
boxes... and dare I say everything would be plain-jane XML.

In other words, content really has nothing to do with "boxes".  So, the only
remaining reason to have boxes is to provide layout for the given content.
Given that, modeling the boxes after the content within them doesn't make as
much sense.  Indeed, it would make more sense to model boxes after their
relationship with other boxes!
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Agreed!  I wasn't attempting to defend the "correct" model, only trying to
rationalize it a bit.  Of course, there are those who _would_ like the web
to be nothing but plain-jane XML!

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