Does CS4 render styles any better than CS3?

Question

All layouts I'm now doing rely on CSS layers. That's what the
Layout Police now require. But DW CS3 doesn't do a good job of
rendering the complex CSS in Design view (they look fine in the
browsers), so I've gone back to the future, coding my pages in
Source view like I'm using HomeSite and it's 1998. And I thought
Groundhog Day was over.
Has anyone here been using CS4 for complicated layer-based
layouts? I'm wondering if it does a better job of displaying the
pages.

Answer 1

> First of all, I have to say I didn't know that layers
was a term specific
> to
> DW until I saw that link you posted Murray.
It's not. Frontpage and GoLive have always used the term
(initially coined
by Netscape) as well.
> used the term layer as a div that covers another
"Layer" has always meaned a container that is absolutely
positioned. Since
this is often a <div>, it has been colloquially
'blurred' to refer
specifically to <div> tags, but that's really improper.
This is why DW has
moved away from the use of the term altogether, and now calls
them
'absolutely positioned elements'.
> So as far as an image of a DW layer (absolute positioned
div) goes I
> don't have any examples.
But do you understand CSS positioning, and its ramifications?
> I haven't tried it yet. But I will. It might be pretty
cool.
You should. It is.
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>>>I have used both and I think that CS4 handles CSS
a little better but
>>>once
> >>you
> >> start layering elements on a page or using a
simple css hover bgchange
> >> with
> >> images CS4 still doesn't do the job like an
actual browser.
> >
> >I really have to differ - please show us a page
where you are having this
> >problem. I do such background changes all the time
and CS4 has no problem
> >with them.
>
> First of all, I have to say I didn't know that layers
was a term specific
> to
> DW until I saw that link you posted Murray. (Very
informative). I have
> just
> always used the term layer as a div that covers another
(even though the
> code
> actually has one inside the other) visually. Also I have
just always
> preferred
> to hand code my sites. It may seem old fashioned but
that is a part that I
> enjoy. So as far as an image of a DW layer (absolute
positioned div) goes
> I
> don't have any examples.
>
> >> I don't really ever use the design view because
of this anyway.
> >
> >Live view is quite good. Have you tried it? On the
other hand, I can't
> >disagree that there is no substitute for actually
previewing in the
> >browser.
>
> I haven't tried it yet. But I will. It might be pretty
cool.
>