Posted by Nik Coughlin on 01/03/08 20:44

"richard" <I.dont.care@do.you> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:35:53 +1100, dorayme
> <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>>In article <kh8qn39a7np0g66j7h8rai3nar2ra11qte@4ax.com>,
>> richard <I.dont.care@do.you> wrote:
>>
>>> http://oldies.littleworldofours.com/home.html
>>
>>Don't use inches and pts in your css instructions for screen
>>representation.
>
> Then what the fuck am I supposed to use when every damn browser around
> can't agree on what an em or a pixel is?
> IE plays hell with an em. What am I supposed to do then? Create a page
> for a specific browser? Like hell I will. Then a page for each
> resolution? Bullshit.
>
> The way I see it, if those are choices, then if we're not supposed to
> use them, then why are they choices?

Because CSS allows you to have different stylesheets for different media.
Points and inches are appropriate for a print stylesheet.

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