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Re:Less.js will obsolete CSS by rabidgnat on Monday June 21, 2010 @08:17AM (#1448552)
Unfortunately, bad browser support :/

http://www.quirksmode.org/css/display.html

Re:Less.js will obsolete CSS by huhtenberg on Monday June 21, 2010 @12:54PM (#1449326)
That was primarily in the context of "Also problematic is a standards body that ignores this use case!" part of your comment.

Besides if you don't care about antiquated browsers (eg IE6), the inline-block is a viable option. In IE it will require some massaging, but it can be made to work quite easily.