Hi Martin! Generally, all modern browsers apart from the IE's will render floats ok. The best article to read to find out about IE is this: http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/float-bugs-1.html
I found this bug out the hard way a few months ago: http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/doubled-margin.html And this one happens quite often: http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/threepxtest.html Having said that, it is reasonably straight-forward to build a column based site using either all floated columns or leaving one column in normal flow. Russ > > Hi All > > My first post! :o) > > Conerning floats... generally, any tips about which browsers like and > dislike them? > > I've got the task of (re)developing a client's site from very heavy > table use, into a validating site. Hence, I think it'll take longer to > validate and amend the tables than it would to develop them with divs > and all CSS attributes available. Compatibility is for IE PC (5, 5.5, > 6) and Mozilla/Netscape 6-7 (and I'll try and get Safari etc. but don't > hold much hope for IE 5 Mac). > > Are floats the right way to go to recreate a emulation of a table > design? Here's a URL of an example one thus far... looks fine in > Safari, but hey, they whole world ain't using it! > > http://c-o2.net/pub/dev/ft/panel.htm > > > Cheers. > Martin > > ***************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > ***************************************************** Thanks Russ ----------------------------------------------- Russ Weakley Max Design Phone: (02) 9410 2521 Mobile: 0403 433 980 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.maxdesign.com.au ----------------------------------------------- ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *****************************************************
