What is your positioning of choice in CSS? I tent to respect the normal flow of the document as much as possible, and use the floats when some intervention is needed. I try to stay away from absolute/relative positioning, because when things get complicated there is no way I can make some edits as easily as with floats.

I'm 50/50 in some pages. One of the things that we strive to maintain is the same look on a notebook computer as you would get on a 24" screen. This means limiting width and height in some cases. Once the frame is defined, then SOMETIMES floats can be used. It all depends on the website that I'm working on however.

I have this issue it seems all the time. That is why I leave it up to the pro's, I honestly get tired of seeing the same thing break in random resolutions and so on. Drives me up the wall. I feel for the designers I hire sometimes, they have to go through a ton of work to make sure things look right on right size monitors, browsers, etc.

Yeah, we actually have a number of CSS files that we use on our own simple homepage for Hands-on, but it detects browser versions as the CSS commands are different in some of the different browsers etc. What works in FF may not work in IE, and what works in IE8 usually doesn't work in IE6 etc. Big PITA, but that's why you do what you do and get someone else in the know to take care of it.

I'm 17 years in the HTML field (yes, 1992 was when I got my start), and I still keep copies of the various sites I've worked on over the years. I'm actually very happy that some sites I've designed in '98 and '99 are actually STILL in use today, and programming from 2000 in CGI still operates without any hicups. CSS from '05 is vastly different from CSS in '09. A constant battle to stay ahead of the game!

I have a friend who is graphics designer and currently learning html/css. He spends more time being angry because he has to setup his code so that site looks the same across browsers and resolutions than he optimizes that code.

And that spells JOB SECURITY for those in the know.

for sure!!

Like all, I have most my issues with ie6. 7 & 8 are much better to work with, but it can be frustrating sometimes. I will celebrate and drink heavily the day ie6 compatibility is no longer "required"...

For the most part I've never really had issues with floats one way or another. The main issue I run into with IE is inline lists, though this is easily fixed like many little "quirks".

I think I will celebrate the death of IE6. Oh Lord may it soon come... I think my life would be much simpler if IE6 didn't existed.

I'll be right there with you.

unless a person is well versed in CSS, he or she cannot reach perfection in setting it right. i just rely on professionals for this. follow their norms.

I'm with those who will celebrate the death of IE6 though I still suffer some problems with IE8 as far as CSS compatibility goes.

How about IE dies altogether?

I'm expanding my css skills all the time, just recenly I've being using a reset CSS, eg: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/

and also setting
body {font-size:62.5%}

and then able to use ems at the same sizes as the relative pixel sizes

job security? I thought it spelled U-L-C-E-R?

or maybe premature balding? migraine?

I definitely treat most pages I code on an individual basis. I abhor IE, whether it be 6 or 8. Having to know multiple sets of issues and behaviors is overkill and hurting the computer companies and the users in the end. Don't use them myself (except for testing and coding) and won't miss them should they ever die off.

There are times when both relative position and absolute position come in handy. For the overall layout I typically use relative positioning but for any spots that need precise positions, I use absolute positioning.

Absolute positioning is very useful. For example, a lot of hosts have package advertisements on the homepage. I would most likely use absolute positioning for the content such as the UL for the features, the buy now button, etc.