Re: NN6 and layers<info request>

Like Fuzzy, I am just as curious. I made an attempt to learn to use layers
but gave up, for now. The biggest problem I encountered was how to position
content so it would appear where I want it across different browsers.
resolutions, and screen sizes. DROVE ME CRAZY! Or crazier then I already am.

Edward Springer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Captain F.M. O'Lary" <ctfuzzy(at)canopy.net>
To: "Thomas James Allen" <tjallen(at)pipeline.com>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: NN6 and layers<info request>


> Hi Jim (et al),
>
> Please, don't read anything into this that is not typed . . .
>
> As purely personal curiosity . . .
>
> May I please ask (in broad terms if you choose), what type of presentation
> you are preparing that would ~warrant~ this hassle (with layers - as
> mentioned below)?
>
> I've looked at layers and because of the hassle(s) you mention, I have
> decided *for me* it ain't worth the work. So I'm just curious, you are
> ~obviously~ knowledgeable enough to have weighed the positives and
> negatives of this and (equally as obviously) made the decision for *your*
> project it is worth the trouble.
>
> I'm curious!
>
> TIA,
> Fuzzy
>
>
> At 06:25 PM 8/7/00 -0400, Thomas James Allen wrote:
> >Are many of you testing your pages in Netscape 6 beta? NN6's rendering
> >engine will be used for Netscape's future releases, and anything else
that
> >uses this engine (like a future AOL browser (10% to 20% of surfers)).
> >
> >The reason I ask is... layers. Until recently the two major browsers
handled
> >layers differently. Netscape 4+ used a "layer" tag around the content,
while
> >IE4+ put a span or div around the content and used a stylesheet to assign
it
> >a z-level.
> >
> >To work around this, I used a browser sniffer and had a NN version and an
IE
> >version of these pages.
> [ . . .]
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> webmaster(at)canopy.net
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> Teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.
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