David O'Neill wrote: > [...] a few of the examples I have looked at the code refers to IE > and "quirks mode". Can somebody explain what this means and does it > affect positioning in Firefox?
It's a fair question, and here's a pretty good explanation... <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirks_mode> XHTML 1.0, with a proper 'doctype declaration' on top and served as 'text/html', will trigger 'standard mode' in Firefox, Opera etc. IE6' mode depends on whether an 'XML declaration' is present above the 'doctype declaration' - or not... <http://www.w3.org/International/articles/serving-xhtml/Overview.en.php#declaration> Firefox 'positioning' isn't affected at all in this scenario. > [...] I have been looking into fixed header and footer positioning > with the aim of creating a 3 column layout[...] This article... <http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200609/css_frames_v2_fullheight/> ...describes a solution where IE6' mode doesn't really matter all that much, because it uses a mode-independent workaround (IE-expression) for IE-win. You're left with some coding-decisions when it comes to other mode-dependent differences though, which is one reason why I most often runs IE6 in 'quirks mode' and design for a 'mode-independent box'... <http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_additions_16.html> regards Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
