Haha, funny, true. Not sure what John Mudd is referencing though :)
On Nov 7, 5:48 pm, "Ian Bambury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> A 'div' is a division of a document originally and it there are no words or
> pictures in it, it doesn't really exist. If you understand that, it makes
> sense to (effectively) cut out blank pages. But now we are not really using
> them as they were intended. That is why MS had the so-called 'broken box'
> model - if a div is like a page, then the total width would include margins
> and borders and padding, and if that had become the standard, then John Mudd
> wouldn't be having the trouble he is. But of course it was Microsoft and
> therefore automatically the wrong thing to do, even if it does make sense.
> So we are stuck with the situation where setting the width of something to
> 100% gives you scrollbars or clipped content or overflow.
> Still, if it were easier, it wouldn't pay so much - long live browser
> quirks!
>
> :-)
>
> Ian
>
> http://examples.roughian.com
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