Using hacky layout methods are sometimes the best choice available to Web designers when trying to target the most widely used Web browsers, and also trying to achieve a particular layout. You may disagree with the subjective design choices, but Salar's e-mail was about proposed values, not about existing limitations in desktop software. As long as we are talking about proposals, I think it is clear that www-style list IS the place to talk about replacements for hacky layout tools. That is why we discuss template layout, grid positioning, flexible box layout, display:table-cell, etc., which COULD be alternatives to them (once they are widely implemented). On Nov 30, 2009, at 9:27 AM, Andrew Fedoniouk wrote: > Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Salar <salarsoftwares@gmail.com> wrote: > >> ... especially when float is *actually* used >> typographically, not just as a hacky page layout tool. > > Golden principle of constructive discussion: "Criticizing - propose". > > What are alternatives to "float as a hacky page layout tool" > in modern CSS and in foreseeable future? > > Just for the note, this is style sheet of W3 front page: > http://www.w3.org/2008/site/css/advanced > Rhetoric question: is massive float use there > a hacky page layout tool or not? > > I mean that www-style list is not the place where phrases > "float as a hacky layout tool" or "table as a hacky layout tool" make real sense. CSS has no alternatives to them, sorry. > > > > > -- > Andrew Fedoniouk. > > http://terrainformatica.com >
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