Posted by kchayka on 05/21/05 15:44

tshad wrote:
>
> But the out of the box defaults for things such as how tables are handled,
> how objects are placed in relation to each other, how much margin or
> padding, etc - should be something you can rely on. Otherwise, they are
> worthless. What is the point of making paragraph margin defaults different.

So are defaults for these kinds of things all handled the same between
different word processors or other applications? I would guess not.

> What is the point of saying "vertical-align:top" and
> have one browser say that they will align it on the bottom. That makes no
> sense.

That's also not something up to browser interpretation, but a spec that
is either followed correctly, or not. If the browser does align at
bottom, then it is badly broken.

Under normal circumstances, the default margin and padding values on
different elements is insignificant. Who cares whether something is 3px
in one browser and 5px in another? Usually, just control freaks. ;)

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