Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 02/11/07 16:32

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> tuntis wrote:
>

>> it is much more confusing/just plain confusing to have "z-indexes",
>> "absolute positioning" and whatever the else you can invent.
>
> That's the "mindset" part. And training. I use minimal positioning, and
> haven't found the need for z-indexes. So far, I haven't needed to
> "invent" anything.
>

Agree, you're over-managing the design. Much can be accomplished with
margins, padding and maybe floats to allow you to position elements yet
remain flexible to various window dimensions and font sizes.

TIP: Discard the 'print-centric' model for your designs. A webpage is
not a magazine spread.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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