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jQuery Masonry · David DeSandro
by Spone & 8 others
Masonry is a layout plugin for jQuery. Think of it as the flip side of CSS floats. Whereas floating arranges elements horizontally then vertically, Masonry arranges elements vertically then horizontally according to a grid. The result minimizes vertical gaps between elements of varying height, just like a mason fitting stones in a wall.
Using Conditional Comments and Zoom to Fix IE/Win
by nhoizey
"Making Internet Explorer think a certain box "has layout" can correct most of the float-induced or list-related bugs found in that browser."
2009
2008
Clearing a float container without source markup
by Spone & 28 others, 1 comment
When a float is contained within a container box that has a visible border or background, that float does not automatically force the container's bottom edge down as the float is made taller. Instead the float is ignored by the container and will hang down out of the container bottom like a flag. Those familiar only with Explorer for Windows may scratch their heads and say "That's not right!" True, IE/Win does enclose a float within a container 'automatically', but only if the container element happens to possess the MS-only quality called hasLayout.
All About Floats - CSS-Tricks
by damdec & 1 other
Float is a CSS positioning property. If you are familiar with print design, you can think of it like an image in a layout where the text wraps around it as necessary.
