Ah, those are usually done with javascript and not just CSS. Especially if you see them on IE because IE only supports position fixed for background. The first started appearing a couple of years ago and are intended to keep some object always in view, usually a menu. Not many people use them now. They were a fad for awhile. If someone wants to use one it should be in its own column so it doesn't obscure text.
Or do you mean the Flash ads? Yahoo is notorious for using them. One of the benefits to using Firefox, Mozilla or Opera is that those floating flash ads don't "float". Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer MS-MVP-FrontPage www.wiserways.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713.353.0139 Office -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Harris The mobile boxes I have seen which I have been describing (inadequately) are not the ones that fill a width, but those that float so that if the browser is scrolled a section (usually with transparency but not always) bounces around at the top ot side or bottom of the window, often obscuring some part of the main text; the movement can be uncomfortable. I am starting to understand this is not what I had thought, but what is that? ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
