This is quite the interesting thread. Last week I started the task of "modernizing" our website that was left from my predecessor, I decided to be proactive, be modern and go the CSS/xhtml route. I put a good amount of time trying to learn CSS for layout control too. After a lot of trying to make the layout of IE look like firefox etc... I threw in the towel with CSS for layout and moved back to tables. There were so many quirks and workarounds that I became very frustrated and now my .CSS page is mostly styling (fonts, colors, etc..) instead of layout. Tables just seem to fit better (not the best solution by any means...) Now our pages look the same on different browsers and he development time was a heck of a lot quicker. I am going to pick different things out of each of the technologies that best fit and are most compatible than what is new and the future.
I know this may sound like the holy grail, but one day I wish I could design a site using one standard and have it look the same on all the browsers. CSS3, probably not, IMHO We may NEVER be able to come to that point with browsers. So I think I am always going to use the most compatible and predictable instead of designing separately for each browser. My 2 cents... Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 10:26 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: CSS > > > I've wasted about three days doing CSS, and I finally gave up > and started doing it in tables - it took me 30 minutes to get > it right using tables. CSS is much easier to program around, > but when it takes so long to get things just right in all the > browsers, why would I want to waste that time? I know it's > the future, but this implementation is just not right yet. > I'm really surprised that whoever designs this stuff has not > yet realized that the business world both wants and needs a > positioning language that > > 1) Allows for absolute positioning like a newspaper > 2) Allows for an area to grow > 3) Allows for positioning relative to the growing area. > > Tables do this now, but they have problems with irregular table cells. > > So I need something better. > > - Matt Small > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153961 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
