[WSG] Emulating min-width

[David R]

'Lo guys
I'm just looking for comments on a concept I thought for emulating 
min-width in IE:

<div id="elementToHaveMinWidth">
<p>Content</p>
<div id="minWidthMaker" />
</div>
#elementToHaveMinWidth {
   width: 40%;
}
#minWidthMaker {
   width: 620px;
}
The end result being a div#elementToHaveMinWidth never going below 620px 
width

I guess the same could be used to create min-height:
<div id="elementToHaveMinHeight">
<p>Content</p>
<div id="minHeightMaker" />
<br />
</div>
#elementToHaveMinHeight {
   height: 80%;
}
#minHeightMaker {
   float: right;
   height: 620px;
   width: 1px;
}
br {
   clear: both;
}
I was just wondering if this broke anything?
Comments?
--
-David R
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