Why is it still hard to express layouts in HTML?

Re:Why is it still hard to express layouts in HTML? by ablerman on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @10:06PM (#5790462)

This is something that Flex excels at. Perhaps the only thing that I really miss.

For instance, in flex, to do a 3 column layout, I could do something like:

  <HBox>
     <VBox width="33%">
       [Content]
     </VBox>
     <VBox width="33%">
       [Content]
     </VBox>
     <VBox width="33%">
       [Content]
     </VBox>
  </HBox>

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Re:Why is it still hard to express layouts in HTML? by tptacek on Thursday May 30, 2013 @10:29AM (#5792701)

I guess I'm not really understanding this thread, because doesn't virtually any CSS grid system give you the same capability?

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Re:Why is it still hard to express layouts in HTML? by thebearmaster on Monday June 03, 2013 @10:00AM (#5813295)

Grid systems give you the ability to express things in terms of, well, grids - the components of the grid would not overlap. I didn't see anything in Bootstrap or Foundation that would help me position overlapping elements effectively, e.g. a stack of playing cards with each card offset vertically from the previous one.

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