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Why Not Layers


hairybobby

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I've always used layers to make webpages . but the more I see of other peoples web pages the more I see I am in the minority.

 

Layers are much simpler to make and you can place a layer over a layer if your careful.

 

But macromedia and adobe and all the others seem to use tables not layers.

 

I suppose they could be making webs in layers and then using dreamweaver to convert them to tables.

 

Anyone?

 

:blink::D:angry::rolleyes::P:withstupid:

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yeah but most of the wierd stuff with layers happens when you place a layer within a layer.

 

you can pace a layer over a layer but not within one

 

eg

 

that will not work properly in netscape.

 

and anyway the best way is probably to make a site in layers and then use dreamweaver to convert the layers to tables.

 

then you get the best of both worlds

 

and you must also set the layer position to absolute and then no problems happen in other browsers.

 

the only problem with layers is that they definitely won't work in IE 3 nn3

 

but who the hell uses that anyway

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Uhh...you mean layers like Photoshop layers I guess. Even though it's only been 1-1.5 years since I really learned HTML I've never even heard of anyone using frames...Tables just work really well in most browsers (but the Palm OS browser, Blazer, is the worst thing ever because they cache everything and nothing updates so they save money on data transfer) and they are customizable and you know what you're going to see when you code them.

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Uhh...you mean layers like Photoshop layers I guess.  Even though it's only been 1-1.5 years since I really learned HTML I've never even heard of anyone using frames...Tables just work really well in most browsers (but the Palm OS browser, Blazer, is the worst thing ever because they cache everything and nothing updates so they save money on data transfer) and they are customizable and you know what you're going to see when you code them.

 

 

no layers as in html layers - or divs

 

eg

 

This is a layer

 

:rolleyes:

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