Sent by Curtis Clark on 2 January 2005 20:08
on 2005-01-02 10:59 Al Sparber wrote:
> This is perhaps not the type of discussion that is sanctioned for this
> list, but I'll give it a go.
Eric, let us know if this is OT, but considering how much many of us use
floats, it seems to have immediate practical import.
> Although I am a proponent of CSS design, I believe that the use of
> floats and positioning to create multi-column layouts, in and of
> itself, is no different than using a simple table. Tables were not
> devised to make multi-column page designs and CSS floats were not,
> either.
I'm sorry, I can't buy this. <div> is sematically equivalent, whether it
is floated or positioned, and it is different from <table>. In theory,
the HTML of a page could be laid out in logical divs, and the same
appearance could be achieved by two different style sheets, one using
floats and the other positioning.
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