On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > After all, html is only a *markup* language. Yes, stylesheets allow you > to specify most things in pixels, but stylesheets can be disabled by the > user. Treat them as *hints*. If your content *depends* on a stylesheet, > then you're abusing stylesheets. Booh. Hiss.
Setting things in pixels is considered harmful; it won't render right on different resolutions or window sizes. Use percentages instead. > But making it look *sensible* in all browsers is not difficult at all. > Stick to the standard stuff that W3C knows about. If you write to the > standard, then all (compliant) browsers will render it in a sensible > way. Who cares if there's an extra 2 pixels around the edges? People > will be interested in *the content*, won't they? Exactly. > Hm. Least common denominator does not necessarily imply "not suitable > for PHBs". I firmly believe content is king. This point can be driven home to PHBs with some effort, this is a considerably more worthwhile and boudlessly more fruitful effort than getting absolute control over the way a web page renders, to give you an idea how futile the control aspect really is. -- Baloo
