Flash on a grid
A while back I started investigating grids—what they were, and how they could help my design. As a web designer, I never thought much about grids. It seemed to be some esoteric thing print designers used. Back in the table-based layout days, I probably used grids without even knowing it. Table columns and rows naturally structured the layout, the cellspacing attribute acted as a gutter between rows and columns, and cellpadding added a bit of buffer for the text. Of course, I normally set both to zero for pixel-precise layouts. I’m glad I don’t work that way anymore…