Do the additional wrapper divs make as much difference to the page weight as the images that you imply are also required? Eleven extra bytes is generally nothing compared to an additional image. Unless you are adding them in four-figure quantities, no amount of DIVs are likely to cause a problem for a modern browser, but overlapping images will start to cause problems while you are still in double-figures. Balance is normally the key to a good design - it is never worth stripping the HTML down to the absolute basics, since that will then require you to increase the complexity of your CSS to compensate, or indeed vice-versa. This also applies to visual design - too much detail makes things look fussy, and often makes them fragile, but without seeing what your designer has given you, I don't think any of us can comment on whether he is being overly demanding or not. Regards, Mike Mike Brockington Web Development Specialist
www.calcResult.com www.stephanieBlakey.me.uk www.edinburgh.gov.uk This message does not reflect the opinions of any entity other than the author alone. ________________________________ From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Ben Lau Sent: 07 January 2009 05:36 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] issues with too many divs Hi all, I'm not a fan of having too many DIVs on a page, but due to complicated background designs, I'm forced to use additional wrapper DIVs just to achieve the look. Are there any major downfall in doing so apart from increasing page size? I'd like to be able to convince our designer to simplify the design... Thanks ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
