• Reported by Nate

Noted by Ryan in a comment to the Float Minitabs article: the Windows IE 6 problem with flickering background images is complicated. Ryan posted this test case with solution, which I think could be quite helpful for folks doing diagnosis, or simply unfamiliar with the problem.

I think one of the reasons semantic HTML and CSS comes off as confusing, complicated, and more difficult than other methodologies is that it creates a multi-layered environment. With tables for layout, your content and your presentation are all in one place, but with CSS layouts, you might have multiple cascading style sheets, and inheritance - not to mention the general abstraction that's required. Thankfully though, the browser specific bugs and weirdness are pretty much understood, and documented one form or another. I like Ryan's test case example because it's got the problem, example, solution in one place and in a context that makes sense on it's own.