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Posted by mrcakey \(The Eclectic Electric\) on 02/06/07 14:22
"Travis Newbury" <TravisNewbury@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Feb 6, 6:59 am, "mrcakey \(The Eclectic Electric\)"
> <nos...@spamispoo.spam> wrote:
>> How strongly would you counsel against building a page using CSS
>> position?
>> The main problem I'm having is that when I'm changing the dimensions of
>> things, I sometimes have a lot of other things to change in consequence,
>> which somewhat negates one of the advantages of using CSS, but it does
>> mean
>> I get exactly what I want where I want it.
>> Has anyone else had experience of doing this and if so, how did you get
>> on?
>
> I wouldn't counsel against it. It is a good idea. But I would
> probably skip absolute positioning of objects in favor of a few
> columns and floating left or right with some wrapping the text. I
> prefer fixed width for the columns, it allows you the "similar look"
> thing that variable width does not offer as well, but it still allows
> for some flexibility with the user using different fonts or font
> sizes. YMMV
>
> I think you have to remember that MOST people will see it the way it
> looks in either IE or FireFox with all the default settings. This is
> how most people have their browsers set up. They use the defaults. I
> have only anticdotal evidence, but do your own reasearch and you will
> probably come to the same conclusion.
>
> And of course, there are a few for what ever reason that it will not
> look like you want it to. That is just a fact of the web.
>
>
Thanks for replying.
Page looks fine in IE6 on default settings in all main resolutions and
doesn't break too badly if the user increases font size. It looks better in
Firefox and Opera because I'm using a little transparency here and there.
For some reason I thought doing layout this was a big "no-no" and something
nasty would bite me in the bum later down the road.
::mrcakey::
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