| Posted by Steve Pugh on 06/09/05 00:02 
Animesh Kumar <animesh1978@gmail.com> wrote:>Oli Filth wrote:
 >> Luigi Donatello Asero said the following on 08/06/2005 17:34:
 >>
 >>> My next question is about how to style css. I have seen that there are
 >>> some site maps with nice geometrical forms but I do not know how
 >>> I could group several items in a circle or in a ellipse.
 >>
 >> position:absolute
 >^^^^^^^^^^
 >
 >Will that group in ellipse!
 
 Yes. It won't draw an ellipse (unless you use a lot of 1px x 1px
 elements) but it can arrange a set of elements in a rough ellipse.
 
 >I think images can rescue, but div or such
 >boxes would fail bigtime in making ellipses.
 
 The main failure would be that the the elements are almost certain to
 overlap and/or shoot off the screen at some user chosen font size and
 screen resolution. Basic failing of most complex absolutly positioned
 schemes.
 
 >Am also curious why should
 >sitemap be in form of ellipse.
 
 Good question. I wonder if Luigi has an answer or just an opinion?
 
 Unless there's something about the site structure that inherently
 implies a particular visual relationship it's generally less confusing
 to users to present site maps in the by-now-traditional columns of
 lists format.
 
 Steve
 
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