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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