On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Bill Braun <bbr...@hlthsys.com> wrote: >> >> >> Anne McKinsey wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I'm setting up numerous web pages with a jquery photo gallery that >>> needs AP for its main images. Is it okay to set up every container on >>> the page with AP or are there potential problems with doing so? The >>> pages look okay on various browsers and no errors on W3C validator, >>> but I can't help but think I'm doing something horribly wrong. >>> >>> Here is a page: >>> http://www.amckwebandprint.com/macdonald/portfolio/portfolio-knit- >>> process.html >>> http://www.amckwebandprint.com/macdonald/portfolio/portfolio.css >>> >>> Your advice is much appreciated, >>> >>> A. McKinsey >>> >> >> The trade off is between precision design and the wide variety of >> preferences users have in how they configure their browsers. What looks >> great to you based on the screen size, screen resolution, and browser >> settings you used during design and coding may look unsightly to people >> who have different monitors and browser preferences. >> >> I use absolute positioning myself. No one so far has complained, but I >> suspect that the easier response from people who find your site (or >> mine) unsightly is to simply leave. I am actively considering removing >> absolute positioning in the next site redesign. >> >> Bill B > > > I'd have to say that I've never used AP for an entire site. I have > sprinkled AP within a non-AP site w/o ill effects. Such as AP-ing a > logo in a header. Obviously being aware of the fact it is removed from > the flow and making sure nothing would crash into it upon text > scaling, etc. > > I can imagine an entire build using AP would have its share of tricky > quirks... >
Quick look at the site in question resulted in a lot of things crashing into each other upon 2 clicks up in text size. Mac Safari. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
