I hope this time will work :)
goerge wrote:
 
> > I think someone is defining "site stability" on the wrong premises....
 
Well if you are refering it to me, First of all I never did define "site 
stability".I did define "Layout stability" though. Now let me give you an 
example tomake it clear what the difference is between those two phrases.
 
A building is built by columns and beams etc. which these columnsand beams 
create the structure for that building.
 
When talking about stability of this building ,one as a professionalengineer 
would talk about stability of the structure of the buildingnot the stability of 
building. However other people who are notprofessional engineer would talk 
about the stability of this building,because they do not know anything about 
the structure of thisbuilding.
 
Same as above when we talk about stability in web environment,a professional 
designer or coder needs to talk about "layout stability"which is the structure 
coded to create the site.
 
So I believe, we will need to let other people call it "site stability".
No intention to insult anybody though :) .
 
Because of my civil engineering background I can see some points thateven an 
expert has not seen it before in terms of "layout stability" ofweb content. 
 
This, of course, will not make me an expert. I am very far from it :) andI 
learn everyday. 
 
Even though one will find some nice and stable web siteson the internet , 
however I believe they have not been designed purposely for "layout stability" 
and or if they have, then the designershave not called for designing for it 
before which is why I decidded to make this call.
 
Layout stability is not just a simple matter of what its phrase reffers to.That 
is why I have called for a case study and research at:
 
http://cssfreelancer.awardspace.com/stability.html 
 
Problem arises when we assume that we know everything about it just bylooking 
at the definition of the "layout stability" phrase and act based on our 
assumptions.
 
I believe I have pointed out an extremely important issue in regardsto make the 
web content more readable and more usable by calling for designing for layout 
stability.
 
I do not believe it is creating limitation on web, actually I do believe
reverse and that it makes the web more usable and more readable.
 
limitation will come if one asks somebody not to use a tool, I am
not asking this. I am sking to use a tool to create more user friendly
content.
 
In terms of your comment in your comment about a design displaying 
correctly by chance,I do not agree with you. because as a professional
web designer you know better than everybody else that it is not
possible for a specific design to be rendered correctly in all browsers
by chance. 
 
cheers
davoud
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