Del Wegener wrote:

> How do you determine that indeed IE expands the width of an element?

As always: observe, add temporary fixes for specific bugs, and compare
with what comes out in other browsers.
Once determined: remove temporary fixes and/or replace them with real
fixes, and perform thorough testing to make sure the final fix works as
intended - also under stress.

>> Correct (I don't need those comments ;-) ).
> 
> In this case I did.  I like comments.

Thought so - that's why I put them in there :-)

> How can you determine that h1 is "wedged" in between two of the right
>  floats? I think this answers a question about another page I have 
> been working on.

I perform two simple tests, and compare IE's reaction with that of
better browsers.
1: remove the element (1) from the markup, and see what happens.
2: style it out of the way in various ways, and see what happens.

Remember that all software leave telltale evidence when bugs are
provoked, so with some experience one can often recognize particular
bugs in a particular piece of software - without looking at the code. It
is after all in most cases "the same ol' bugs" we're dealing with...
<http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_additions_38.html>

>> [...] Nothing beats experience.
> 
> And a good memory?

Certainly doesn't hurt. Mine isn't particularly good anymore, but more
than 40 years in software/hardware development has left "useful traces"
that help me focus on the case at hand.
Digital data-banks and hand-written notes hold the rest.

> Sorry about violating protocol by responding interspersed in the 
> message--it seemed to be the only efficient way.

Nothing wrong in interweaving responses like we have done.

regards
        Georg
-- 
http://www.gunlaug.no
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