[thelist] CSS expert opinion needed

[Tony Crockford]

At 14:09 on Sunday, 02 Jan 2005, klute wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> My CSS-for-layout knowldedge is not extensive and i
> was hping you can give me an advice here. Here is the
> template that someone is coding in XHTML for me:
> http://www.devbistro.com/webdesignfirms/dev/template.jpg
>
> He says he would not be able to build the right nav
> bar they way it looks currently since this would
> require a use of absolute positioning

I don't see why it requires absolute positioning.

you might have problems with IE5 on Mac for different reasons - it's  
notoriously difficult to please IE5 on the mac when you're pushing the CSS  
envelope, but the layout in your jpg should be quite simple to do.  I bet  
you're not paying your xhtml coder enough.

;o)

if he's wroking for free and you really want IE5 mac support then tell him  
it's a great learning opportunity.

I'm not sure how many people are actively designing to support IE5 on Mac,  
I for one code to web standards and hope for the best...  (I usually tweak  
for IE6 so it doesn't look too weird)

hth