Posted by Ron on 05/02/07 04:00

On Wed, 02 May 2007 08:45:11 +1000, dorayme
<doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>In article <slrnf3feo0.5hq.spamspam@bowser.marioworld>,
> Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote:
>
>> On 2007-05-01, dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> > In article <slrnf3dr37.5hq.spamspam@bowser.marioworld>,
>> > Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote:
>> >
>
>> >> In standards-conforming browers <img align=left> is equivalent to <img
>> >> style="float: left">.
>> >>
>> >> This means that text in the <p> following should go to the right of the
>> >> <img>, but only if there is enough room for it to go there without
>> >> overflowing.
>> >>
>> >> But in quirks mode, align=left may be treated differently.
>> >
>> > But is not in fact really different in latest Safari.
>>
>> If you try two <table align="left">s next to each other in a container
>> that isn't wide enough for both of them, in quirks mode, Firefox will
>> leave them side by side overflowing the container. If you float them,
>> the second one drops down, as it should.
>>
>
>Yes, the situation is quite different with tables attempted to be
>side by side, at least on my tests.
Just for reference my IE is on my XP laptop versus Safari on my iMac.
For now I used a table but the layout is doing weird things in not
following the percntage I set for the td's. I think a css solution
will work best....

Thanks all that responded!

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