[thelist] pros and cons of absolute positioning in css

[Sarah Sweeney]

> <snip>
> yes that works horizontally, but if you wanted something like a footer
> to go underneath those columns, there is no way of positioning it so
> that it would move down/up if the text was resized. I usually resort
> to having the footer inside the main column as a work around.

I think this was my primary reason when I originally decided not to use 
absolute positioning anymore. There were probably other reasons, but I 
think this was the primary one. Thanks for all the replies.

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