Browsers differ somewhat in rounding percentages and that may cause inconsistencies. References: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=UsingPercent http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/liquid/
Quoting ~davidLaakso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > TomGou wrote: > > I'm not a CSS newbie, and not a CSS Pundit either. What I'd like to > > > know, is there anything inherently wrong with using percentages for > a > > three column floated layout? > > > > Say my outermost container is 720px wide, is it problematic if the > > > column div widths are 23%, 52%, and 25% > > > > -TIA > There is nothing inherently wrong with using pixels, ems, or percent > for > a three column float layout. And there are variations using > combinations. Percent layouts used with positive and negative margins > > are often stable, robust, and work well cross-browser. They are > sometimes enclosed in a pixel width wrapper, a min/max pixel width > wrapper, or various combinations of pixel, em, and percent wrappers. > The > method that is best is the one that solves the problem at hand. > Best, > ~dL > > -- > http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
