On the contrary, it's very useful, and accurate: I used absolutely positioned divs on the www.intrepidtravel.com to add the rounded corners, logo and trip search box you see on every page. This has worked on every browser that I've tested, even down to IE5.5
-----Original Message----- From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Faulds Sent: Monday, 16 October 2006 11:55 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Relative positioning and Netscape 6 Relative positioning is not a very reliable cross browser method for getting elements where you want them. You're better off using an element's margins for most positioning and in some cases floats (e.g. float: left/right). On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:35:58 +1000, Andrew Ivin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to find out what Netscape 6's capabilities are as far as > relative positioning goes. > I have a page where I have a parent div, absolutly positioned, with > two relatively positioned child block level elemnets; one positioned > to the top left, the other top right. > > The top right absolutely positioned element is ignoring the relative > container in NS 6, and is positioning relative to the viewport - top > right of browser window. > > Could this be NS 6's lack of support of positioning? > -- Tyssen Design Web & print design services www.tyssendesign.com.au Ph: (07) 3300 3303 Mb: 0405 678 590 ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
