- From: Angela K Hilton <angela.hilton@umist.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:57:00 -0000
- To: "'BAYLISS, Andrew'" <andrew.bayliss@oup.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi Andrew Do you have a link to that article at all? *********************************** Angela K Hilton Web & E-Learning Officer ISD, UMIST Tel: 0161 200 3389 *********************************** -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of BAYLISS, Andrew Sent: 12 January 2004 11:11 To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: using absolute positioning Hi all Just read the article posted on the BBC web site concerning the winners of the Visionary Design Award. The National Library for the Blind has posted 10 tips, one of which is the says you should avoid the use of absolute positioning when building a web page. Surely if you are building a web page using a tableless design, you end up having to use absolute positioning to ensure that the elements are positioned correctly? Could somebody tell me why the use of absolute positioning should be avoided? Andrew Bayliss Internet Developer Group Internet Department Oxford University Press Tel: +44 (0) 1865 353736 www.oup.com
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