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Arevos · Oct 20th, 2007, 5:19 AM

I tend to agree with Dameon on this. CSS is pretty awful at layout. Sure, you can get around it with numerous "two column" techniques, but if CSS was designed properly, then it would be much more obvious how to achieve such layouts.

You can make arbitrary elements act as tables, but I'm unsure if this works with IE. I seem to recall it doesn't.

A lot of things about the web could be better. HTTP, for instance, is a poor protocol for many of today's more complex AJAX applications. Some support for SVG on IE wouldn't go amiss, either.

Oct 20th, 2007, 5:19 AM	#5
Arevos Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,499 Rep Power: 5	Re: Why is CSS such a mess? I tend to agree with Dameon on this. CSS is pretty awful at layout. Sure, you can get around it with numerous "two column" techniques, but if CSS was designed properly, then it would be much more obvious how to achieve such layouts. You can make arbitrary elements act as tables, but I'm unsure if this works with IE. I seem to recall it doesn't. A lot of things about the web could be better. HTTP, for instance, is a poor protocol for many of today's more complex AJAX applications. Some support for SVG on IE wouldn't go amiss, either.