Posted by Neredbojias on 10/17/52 11:48

To further the education of mankind, sorry.no.email@post_NG.com vouchsafed:

> Hi,
>
> Can I ask what could potentially a stupid question? I have a
> navigation list set to the left in two ways:
>
> Absolute Position:
> http://www.pnc.com.au/~plstrong/
>
> Float Left:
> http://www.pnc.com.au/~plstrong/test
>
> I have a feeling that the Float Left version keeps the flow of the
> page better, maintaining a better logical structure than the absolute
> position version. I also read the W3C guidelines, but was none the
> wiser:-)
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html
>
> Are there any benefits or disadvantages to each method or am I
> splitting hairs a little :-)

Floats seem to be preferred by those who do not know how to do absolute
positioning correctly, and vice versa.

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Neredbojias
Infinity has its limits.

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