Kay, There's not that much of a problem with IE v5.2 and floats. Just avoid conditions where it incorrectly inherits and add "clear"'s.
It's been a while since I've used absolute positioning (2 yrs plus). Though I'm pretty sure we used to have problems with coordinate mapping on Mac IE. I somehow doubt it's been corrected. Which meant that there has to be an offset value specifically stated for the IE v5.2 on the Mac. These days I wouldn't worry so much about IE on a Mac. Pretty much everyone uses Safari on OSX. mike 2k:)2 <marquee><blink> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.webSemantics.co.uk </marquee></blink> -----Original Message----- From: Kay Smoljak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 August 2004 11:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] Absolute positioning vs floats On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:49:52 +0100, Mike Foskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally, I go with floats every time. > Absolute positioning relies on the display size too much. I try to mix it up a bit - there's lots of browser bugs with floats (think Mac IE5). Absolute positioning is fantastic for stuffing the navigation and masthead fluff down the bottom of the source code (good for screen readers and search engines). You go with what suits the project. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
