might be worth having a read of http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/no_css_reset/ which ironically was posted just today!!!
I'm not sure of the real performance hit of canceling margins/paddings but it's more of a practical thing to consider if you are striving to keep the visual user experience consistent across browsers..... ----- Original Message ---- From: Rob Kirton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Thursday, 17 April, 2008 4:15:08 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] selectutorial Kevin First stripping out margins & padding from nearly everything is quite common practice. Look up reset style sheets from YUI or Eric Meyers example (also included with blue print framework). It would be good for anybody new to using CSS to immediately get to grips with an initial CSS reset to allow for cross bowser support Regards - Rob Raising web standards : http://ele.vation.co.uk Linking in with others : http://linkedin.com/in/robkirton On 17/04/2008, kevin mcmonagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hi, My friend wants to learn about css so i told him to do the selectutorial on the maxdesign site. It says to reset the margins in the body then use ems for padding. I was reading somewhere that cancelling out the margins in the body tells the browsers to go through all the tags and cancel out the margins and that it actually adds to download time. I dont know if thats realistic or not but ive been using margins for spacing between divs for a long time. Whats the final word on resetting and using margins to avoid cross browsers problems? best kevin ******************************************************************* 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] ******************************************************************* ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! For Good helps you make a difference http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/ ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
