Is relative positioning the ultimate alternative for the nightmare of writing thousands of IE hacks?

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Published on 2010-05-25T16:36:25Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 16:41 UTC
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I found this very interesting:

http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/ultimate-3-column-holy-grail-pixels.htm

He avoid using horizontal margin and paddings to avoid problems with IE. I think he "fakes" padding using relative positioning.

Have you ever done something like this? I'm a missing a common trend against IE hacks? Does this practice have any drawbacks?

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