Comments on: Why is CSS still not widely used for page layout http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur - Red Adair Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: jcm http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html#comment-79963 jcm Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:37:26 +0000 http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html#comment-79963 CSS is fundamentally flawed with respect to layout because it requires the developer to express the layout in terms that are relative to a CSS concept of "normal flow" in which rectangles extend either left to right ( om variation of "normal flow" ) or one block under another ( the other flow variation ). There is no concept of models. Just this stupid "normal flow" moving reference point. So I know exactly how to make CSS do what I want but the code is totally astonishing. I mean the negative numbers in the code to get the position you need. Using a moving linear target as a reference is absolutely ridiculous. Something that addresses CSS's mission is certainly needed but CSS itself should be scrapped and a decent technology built in its place. CSS is fundamentally flawed with respect to layout because it requires the developer to express the layout in terms that are relative to a CSS concept of “normal flow” in which rectangles extend either left to right ( om variation of “normal flow” ) or one block under another ( the other flow variation ). There is no concept of models. Just this stupid “normal flow” moving reference point. So I know exactly how to make CSS do what I want but the code is totally astonishing. I mean the negative numbers in the code to get the position you need. Using a moving linear target as a reference is absolutely ridiculous. Something that addresses CSS’s mission is certainly needed but CSS itself should be scrapped and a decent technology built in its place.

]]> By: Web design service india http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html#comment-64326 Web design service india Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:13:22 +0000 http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html#comment-64326 Hi I think this is because of lack of knowledge over CSS. Interesting article. Thanks for sharing here. Hi

I think this is because of lack of knowledge over CSS.

Interesting article.
Thanks for sharing here.

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]]> By: Sura http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html#comment-3497 Sura Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:37:59 +0000 http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html#comment-3497 I think the reason people dont use CSS is becasue of a lack oh knowledge. They simply dont know how to create it. I think the reason people dont use CSS is becasue of a lack oh knowledge. They simply dont know how to create it.

]]> By: markus941 http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html#comment-3196 markus941 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:05:30 +0000 http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html#comment-3196 I agree - whenever I find a site that's still in tables it makes me think less of the designer or the site. Get with the times, people! I agree – whenever I find a site that’s still in tables it makes me think less of the designer or the site. Get with the times, people!

]]> By: Devon Young http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html#comment-3186 Devon Young Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:34:34 +0000 http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html#comment-3186 In reality, CSS layouts/designs are not difficult. They can get a little complex, but that's only for advanced stuff and anything can be complex when you get to a certain level. Simple or basic CSS layouts are much less problematic than the same thing in tables and simpler to debug. Oh yeah, and they do save a bit o' bandwidth. I think the greatest thing about CSS layouts, is how easy it is to slowly expand it into something more complicated and beautiful. Try expanding a table'd design and you get all these weird nested tables that take a lot of time to work up or a lot of time to debug. That's been my experience. In reality, CSS layouts/designs are not difficult. They can get a little complex, but that’s only for advanced stuff and anything can be complex when you get to a certain level. Simple or basic CSS layouts are much less problematic than the same thing in tables and simpler to debug. Oh yeah, and they do save a bit o’ bandwidth. I think the greatest thing about CSS layouts, is how easy it is to slowly expand it into something more complicated and beautiful. Try expanding a table’d design and you get all these weird nested tables that take a lot of time to work up or a lot of time to debug. That’s been my experience.

]]> By: graywolf http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html#comment-3184 graywolf Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:12:10 +0000 http://www.ogletreeseo.com/140.html#comment-3184 I wonder the same thing too, but the biggest reason I get is the lack of absolute precision of layout with css. With tables and images you have absolute control of the end result much like a printed magazine page. With CSS browser issues and CSS hacks get used and the end result ends up a little different. The CEO gets "annoyed" that the rest of the world doesn't see exactly the same thing as he does, so to solve the problem we end up with images and table. I wonder the same thing too, but the biggest reason I get is the lack of absolute precision of layout with css. With tables and images you have absolute control of the end result much like a printed magazine page. With CSS browser issues and CSS hacks get used and the end result ends up a little different. The CEO gets “annoyed” that the rest of the world doesn’t see exactly the same thing as he does, so to solve the problem we end up with images and table.

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