What about using relative positioning? How does that fit in to this argument?
Thanks, Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gunlaug Sørtun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 11:59 AM > Eoin Maguire wrote: >> [...] > >> I am not happy with using positioning instead of floats, but now that >> I think about it I amn't sure *why* exactly I have a preference for >> floating as a layout method. > >> Anyone got good reasons for using one over the other or have I just >> picked up an irrational dislike for positioned layouts? > > I think we have rational reasons for preferring floats for main parts of > layouts :-) > > <short list> > > Scaling and footers - font-resizing and/or changing amount of content > across multiple columns: > - we can clear scaling 'floats'. > - we can't clear scaling 'a.p.'. > > Fluid page-width and varying window-width: > - 'floats' can auto-linearize (those float-drops that some don't like) > - 'a.p.' can't auto-linearize. > > Element-overlapping: > - other elements do interact with 'floats', so overlapping can be > prevented. > - other elements don't interact with 'a.p.', so overlapping can't be > prevented. > > </short list> > > > Personal experience: > > It is very easy to apply 'absolute positioning', but it's very hard to > make layouts with any degree of complexity work well with 'a.p.'. > > It is sometimes hard to apply 'float-methods' for layouts with any > degree of complexity, but once 'floats' work they tend to work well. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
