Re: sidebar menus

I too would like to see the float property and the width property is 
also just about requisite for float to work properly.  Clear is also a 
related property.

Charles McCathieNevile wrote:

>My personal preference would be to have the float property implemented - this
>is what is done on more and more sites.
>
>Cheers
>
>Chaals
>
>On Thu, 2 May 2002, John Russell wrote:
>
>  Amaya does not support frames.
>    Is this a resources unavailable for implementing issue or
>    is it philosophical in that group believes there are alternate
>    techniques that accomplish the same goals.
>  If it is the latter, i would like someone to show me or point me to
>  design notes or pages that have implemented in css or html4
>    Using tables is so bizzarre and archaic for several reasons:
>  1] one must repeat content on all pages with sidebar -- a real
>       maintenance headache.
>  2] menu scrolls off screen just when you need it most.
>  3] no scrollbar for long menu... you must scroll main screen tsk! tsk!
>  the w3.org main page is a good demo of what not to do
>  can anyone point me at what TO DO to achieve sidebar menus
>     without frames or ugly table construct.   An inquiring mind needs to know!
>  John Russell, VE3LL@RAC.CA
>  http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3ll (2 L's as in London)
>  Be sure to check your HTML markup code by using
>  http://validator.w3.org or
>  http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/
>
>
>  
>

Received on Thursday, 2 May 2002 16:25:38 UTC