The elaborate on Charlie's statement, the hacks will at some point bite
us on the rear end. There's a huge possibility we'll be going back and
re-fixing those fixes. I'm too lazy to put myself in that position,
which is why I chose this profession in the first place.
Joe Taylor
http://sitesbyjoe.com
Charlie Bartlett wrote:
Because it is a hack, I tend to use the same technique as Joesph, I
think its best to avoid hacks wherever possible.
Charlie
http://www.bartlettdesign.co.uk
On 11/15/05, *The Visual Process* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
I'm confused at your suggestion, why add extra markup when you
just need
to use the box model hack in the css
http://tantek.com/CSS/Examples/boxmodelhack.html
Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote:
> I'm not sure...about a physical reference but here's an example:
>
> http://sitesbyjoe.com/box_examples.htm
>
> It seems to work flawlessly, and its simplicity makes me feel good
> about using this approach. It also frees me from having to stick
> hacks in to try and please the browsers.
>
> Joe Taylor
> http://sitesbyjoe.com
>
>
> James O'Neill wrote:
>
>> Joseph: Interesting. Do you have something that I can reference
for
>> this?
>>
>> Thierry: I will take a look at that tonight.
>>
>> Thanks guys!
>>
>> On 11/15/05, * Joseph R. B. Taylor* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote:
>>
>> As a reminder, at this point you cannot safely apply widths
to any
>> elements that have a border, padding or a margin. In the
case you
>> need
>> to apply width adn one of the others mentioned, safest best
is to
>> insert
>> a nested div/span with the padding applied etc to break it up.
>>
>> This has long since been a point of confusion for many
people, and
>> this
>> simple remedy (although in the long term not the best)
proves most
>> effective with todays browsers.
>>
>> Joe Taylor
>> http://sitesbyjoe.com
>>
>> Thierry Koblentz wrote:
>>
>> >James O'Neill wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>I am having problems with a menu that is similar to the
>> Alistapart's
>> >>hybrid menu. I can not get the width to be consistantly even
>> with the
>> >>rest of the site and it is not workig in IE or Opera. It
works
>> fine
>> >>in Firebird. I have been beating my head against this for
quite a
>> >>long time.
>> >>
>> >>It seems that absolutely positioned widths do not behave as I
>> expect
>> >>them. Oi!
>> >>
>> >>http://twitch.sharkpork.com/_work/Freedom/
>> >>
>> >>"Help me Obi-wan you are my only hope"
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >Did you give this one a try?
>> >http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/dropdown/demo.asp
<http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/dropdown/demo.asp>
>> <http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/dropdown/demo.asp>
>> >It is a bit moe accessible.
>> >
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