[thelist] Out of the box

[Peter-Paul Koch]

>>If you choose to go with the Microsoft box model (width applies to the
>>borders of a box and everything inside it), you can easily switch Mozilla
>>to this model.
>
>This is all very interesting but when should this be done?
>The answer, of course, is *never*.
>
>Code to the W3C standard, and Explorer 6 will get it (if you code
>valid html or xhtml). Then use hacks (or avoidance techniques) for
>the *broken* box model in IE5.5 and under.
>
>Do not attempt to switch other browsers to the broken model, one by
>one. Since only IEwin 5.5 and under use the so-called 'Microsoft
>model', fix them only and leave other peoples properly functioning
>browsers alone.

The point is that if box-sizing ends up in the CSS3 spec, the Microsoft
model isn't broken any more.

Otherwise everyone is free to choose whichever box model he likes best, of
course.

ppk

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