On 10/26/13, 8:01 AM, Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh wrote:
[...]

Or is there a current benefit--that's worth the effort--of using the new
stuff now?

[...]

As a non-expert myself, I'm struggling with the same conflicts.

So far, I have found flaws in most current methods of laying out pages. Floats
can drop under certain circumstances; inline-blocks have spaces between that
can't be reliably adjusted. So flexbox looks like a better solution.

There's a limited way in which old and new can be combined, I found. If you use
floats or inline blocks as of old, then later add a flex declaration on the
container element, the floated/inline-block child elements are treated as flex
elements willy-nilly.

Again, there are limitations as to what can be done. But I suggest it's worth
using some of what's available on modern browsers, considering the old methods
are really "hacks."

Just one hobbyist's opinion. :)
--
Cordially,
David
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