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Old 04-09-2010, 10:11 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by charleski View Post
While I understand kovid's fear, I think it's misplaced. Both possible schemes generally promote a device-independent approach. It's possible to mess-up reflowability right now if you used fixed sizes, and that's one of the first things people learn not to do.
Most people don't realize that it's possible to create fixed size layouts with HTML. With explicit support for fixed layouts, there are going to be a whole lot of people that will jump on that bandwagon simply because they ave built up lots of skills in fixed size design already and will be more comfortable with that.
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