On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 22:04:20 -0500, Victor Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting. So how are people coding for this? Determine the browser > and then have two dimensions?
I just do give and take untill it looks ok in IE and great in FireFox. If it gets really bad then I do sniff the browser and adjust for IEs bugs. Here are some more good ones to watch out for: http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer.html > I was wondering if M$ is doing this on purpose or just doesn't care. I doubt they are doing it on purpose. I think it's just they just have little reason to fix them, and some people insist that is valid behavior because they have lots of money. > > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 18:46:13 -0800, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IE incorrectly implements the CSS box model, while FF (and other > > browsers) gets it right. Specifically, IE assumes the width you > > specify is for the actual content area of the elements box, while the > > CSS spec says that the width you specify is for the entire box > > (including padding, border, and margin). So if you've got 5px of > > margin, a 1px border, and 4px of padding, your elements will be 10px > > wider than they should be. Or, if you're looking at it from the IE > > side, rather than the standards side, a standards compliant browser > > will show your boxes 10px smaller than you're used to. > > > > cheers, > > barneyb > > -- ~The cfml plug-in for eclipse~ http://cfeclipse.tigris.org ~open source xslt IDE~ http://treebeard.sourceforge.net ~open source XML database~ http://ashpool.sourceforge.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187314 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
