I think this article is relevant to this discussion: http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2008/10/22/javascript-will-save-us-all/
I agree with it completely. ~Chetan On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Alan Gresley <a...@css-class.com> wrote: > On 4/12/2010 9:38 PM, Chetan Crasta wrote: >> >> I hate to point this out, but it would be unfortunate if those reading >> this thread consider this an example of good use of CSS and HTML: >> http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_additions_36.html >> The page has 9 (yes 9!) wrapper or container divs that serve no >> semantic purpose. > > Hello Chetan. > > Those wrappers are there to help IE6 and IE7 along. The design / structure > works well over a large spectrum of viewport width. Those who argue over the > use of non semantics divs would also be arguing over resets, > non-consequential selectors strings. > > #wrapper #content .two-columns p.special {...} > > At least we can all have our own individuality while arguing over *CSS*. Odd > how JS only came into this thread after someone mentioned that zoom: 1 can > be applied with JS. > >> Not to mention the empty 'spacer' div, the 0-height >> hr element, the mixing of block and inline child elements in a div, >> the huge number of  entities and using three periods instead of >> &hellip . > > Must check. I bet that if I copied the code and used a xml or xhtml > extension, it would still be valid. > >> If there ever was a page design that could benefit from some >> structural Javascript, this would be it! >> >> ~Chetan > > Did you just say benefit? Sorry but cool CSS just make JS look silly (works > nice in Safari). > > <http://css-class.com/test/demos/thumbgallery-transition2.htm> > > Since I follow the development of CSS specifications, I can assure you that > the above demo only show a little of how CSS will make JS redundant for > style and structure, leaving JS for behavior only. > > The initial poster asked quite an importance question about hasLayout > triggering & best practice. They asked this on a CSS list since they wanted > CSS solutions about buggy CSS behavior by IE7 or earlier versions of IE. > > > -- > Alan http://css-class.com/ > > Armies Cannot Stop An Idea Whose Time Has Come. - Victor Hugo > ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
