>>the issue was a 5 col layout that had equal lengths.<< Actually, Ian - I *think( that might have been me. I believe the original question was just a question. I was one of the early responders to this thread, and I had mentioned the *only* time I have not been able to accomplish a layout was a theoretical one that was posed to me as a challenge: 5 columns, fluid, 100% width/height, header and "sticky" footer, and each section had to have a different background color without the use of the "faux colums" method.
So I think you're thinking of my response, not the original question ;) However, I'm finding this *fascinating*. I missed who it was (Jay, maybe?) had described his light use of tables, and I have to admit there are occasions when I've done the same thing - rare ones, but it has happened. I don't think that tables should *never* be used, but I think the general "rule of thumb" - at least that I've always followed - is use them for tabular data. (But a "rule of thumb" is just that - if you step out of that boundary every once in a while - and in a semantic and clean way - the CSS Police won't be knocking on your door to haul you off to prison ;)) >>Browser cross-compatibility? Well, that's not a blessing, it's a fantasy,<< I have to address this comment, as well...I don't believe it's a fantasy. I think *now*, it is difficult, because there's so many things here and there that aren't coming together. But I think things have improved *greatly* over the past decade or so. I remember when I started doing this in high school, putting in those "This site looks better in.." comments all the time. Things have advanced so much and so fast, it's amazing. I think if it weren't for the "fantasy" of having the joy of creating a design in one browser and not even having to check it in any other ones, because they're all doing what the should be doing - I think that's closer to becoming a reality than some people think. But for change to take effect, people have to be willing to embrace the "new" and not shun it simply because it's "hard". Nothing worth *anything* ever came from being easy. Anyway, off my soapbox (for what it's worth) - I know I sound like a wide-eyed kid waiting for the tooth fairy, but that's just how I feel :) ~Shelly ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- 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/
