Discuss: Faux Absolute Positioning
by Eric Sol
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This was a good article and I applaud you at your solution, however.
It seems very much like BluePrintcss which is based on the a grid layout also. It’s also well documented and tested through out the community.
posted at 11:30 am on June 17, 2008 by Stephen Hill
3 Nice ideea
Very intriguing. With every good (and pretty simple) ideea, the first though that arises is: “hmmm, how come i didn’t though of this earlier myself?”
This really seems to solve some complex layouting problems more easily.
Thanks for the tip
posted at 11:32 am on June 17, 2008 by Andrei Eftimie
4 to Stephen Hill
@Stephen Hill
The thing is that Blueprint doesn’t solve the issues that are highlighted here
posted at 11:34 am on June 17, 2008 by Andrei Eftimie
5 great job
Great article Eric! Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I’m already using it and I love it.
posted at 11:34 am on June 17, 2008 by Dimitar Yanev
6 Great article...
Fresh…and clean! This was a great article—very informative.
posted at 11:59 am on June 17, 2008 by Tim Samoff
7 Interesting article
Very interesting find you and your team did. The technique sounds very promising, and I will definately do some testing. From your article I get the impression that this solves the most annoying problems with the “two other techniques”, and while not being a perfect solution, it works – as long as you are aware of the downsides.
Good job :)
posted at 12:07 pm on June 17, 2008 by Sune Radich Christensen
8 Sounds interesting
Great article, seems to be an effective and simple idea. I’ll try it out as soon as possible.
posted at 12:21 pm on June 17, 2008 by Mario Carboni
9 Nice technique
My partner pointed me to your article, and I was just starting to cleaning my messy CSS job for an Joomla site. Well right now I’m thinking of rebuilding the main structure in this way to get all the advantages. I’m not thinking anymore, I’m going to do it if I come across problems of any kind I will let you know.
Greetings, keep up the good work!
posted at 12:38 pm on June 17, 2008 by Tijmen Kuipers
10 Neat
Always good to have another technique in the arsenal. Thanks.
posted at 12:55 pm on June 17, 2008 by Tim Wright
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1 I heart positioning
It’s been a while since I’ve seen any new CSS concepts, but this fills the spot perfectly. Thank you. With complex layouts I always end up with what seems like unnecessarily complex CSS, so an additional way of positioning is welcome indeed. Now I just need to clear some time of my schedule to try it out for myself.
posted at 10:19 am on June 17, 2008 by Eystein Alnæs