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Regardless, absolute rendering is evil and it should be fixed. It is a= =20
basic accessibility guideline that rendering should be proportional (ie.= =20
use "em" or %). If you use absolute rendering the page will only look=20
right for people who have the same monitor size as the dude or dudette wh= o=20
wrote the page.
Absolute positioning is not evil.
div.sidebar { position: absolute; top: 130px; left: 0px; width: 129px; }
This will make column's width is as wide as the image above it. Using
proportional rendering would not achieve acceptable rendering as easily.
Second, this uses the same technique as below, allowing non-visual users
to more quickly skip to content.
#header { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 2em; }
#main { margin-top: 2em; }
#footer { ... }
<div id=3D"main"> ... </div>
<div id=3D"header"> ... </div>
<div id=3D"footer"> ... </div>
This setup is *more* accessible than a non-positioned page, especially
in the absecence of CSS support. Non-visual users skip straight to the
content, and don't have to wade through the massively nested ul stuck in
#header to do nested menus.
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Eric Hodel - (e-mail address removed) -
http://segment7.net
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