Posted by warth33 on 01/02/07 12:48

Hello guys, and thank you for the answers.

I will take Travis post for continuing the discussion.

An important thing is about: is it possible to do it without absolute
positioning? I dont know it right now. I can guess that there are
certain designs that impossibly can be rendered without making use of
absolute positioning. Either partially or totally. And I think its my
case. Just think for example elements that move across the screen
following dynamically, and all the time different, x and y.

Many answers focused on the fact that "it can look badly in other
browsers/at other resolutions".
yes, it is a big issue. But, on the other hand, lets say you do the
following:

You use only absolut positioning.
You test the page at all possible resolutions (i.e. the most common
over 1024px width)
You test the page in those browsers you think are worth to be supported
(a suggestion could be: ie>=5, ff >=1.0, opera >=9.0, safari (1.2 ?) ).

When you have done all that, and checked that only javascript and
xmlrequest (ajax) enabled browsers are allowed to view the page, then:
what more?

Yes, it is a tedious task, at least. And it will require a lot of work.
Everybody agrees on this.

But this was not the point. The point is: if all the above requirements
have been met, do you think I am doing the right thing?

warth

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