On Monday 05 March 2007 19:49:44 Chris Williams wrote:

> Is there a way, just using CSS, to make text flow in columns?  E.g., I
> want a "newspaper two-column" look and would like the text to
> automatically flow from the left column to the right column.

Although I don't know how to flow text in a multi-column layout, I would 
advise not to do that.

>From a functional point, it would be an incovenience unless the text is fairly 
short (that is about < 400px - height of a typical (?) viewport at 800x600px 
resolution). The reason? Simple. You don't want your readers scrolling up and 
down to read both (all three, four, whatever) columns. Columns can be more 
effectively used as a wehicle for content categorization (links vs content, 
content vs highlights, etc) and means for users to pick what they want to 
read, access, etc.

Of course, this is only my opinion and I am certainly not the one to tell you 
what to do. Nevertheless, I hope this helps in any way with anything. :)

Best regards,


Branko
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