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[rudy]

> 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


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