Re: [CSS 21] overflow:hidden adjacent to a float

Ingo Chao wrote:
> I'd prefer a box that establishes a new block formatting context to be
> not narrowed at all. This would not even have to be defined, just
> cancel the last two sentences in paragraph 5 of CSS2.1:9.5 and let the
> paragraph end with:
> "If necessary, implementations should clear the said element by
> placing it below any preceding floats."

Doing that breaks sites, unfortunately.  That is, a lot of existing 
content depends on the narrowing behavior....

-Boris