You may find this road not taken interesting: http://www.w3.org/Submission/1996/1/WD-jsss-960822 http://www.w3.org/Submission/1996/1/WD-jsss-960822 It's worth

You may find this road not taken interesting: http://www.w3.org/Submission/1996/1/WD-jsss-960822 http://www.w3.org/Submission/1996/1/WD-jsss-960822 It's worth noting that floats would have been implemented the same way, with the same uses in mind, and would have exhibited the same kind of problem. The solution in that case would have been to use JavaScript and resize things on the fly. Not really so different, then.