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Re:Help us invent CSS Grid Level 3, a.k.a. "Masonry" layout by fatbuoy1 on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @01:05PM (#40134280)
Sure what was wrong with table layouts and spacer gifs anyway amirite?

I’m a designer who codes, and CSS Grid has completely transformed (and simplified) my approach to responsive web design, and enabled much more complex layouts as a result. Just because a layout was possible before doesn’t mean it was easy.

By all means do things the old way if you want, but to suggest that it would be better if it didn’t exist is insane.

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Re:Help us invent CSS Grid Level 3, a.k.a. "Masonry" layout by reactordev on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @04:54PM (#40137143)
Not that it wouldn’t exist. It just wouldn’t be part of the spec. You are free to declare your own grid.

I’m also not advocating to bring back tables and invisible spacer gifs. We have margins and padding for that. Even borders…

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