Supposedly simple use of float and clear to display sidebars. An HTML 4.0 strict version of the W3C home page . This page attempts to use both the float and clear properties to achieve a layout similar to that of the W3C's current home page . If float and clear were properly supported, the differences would be minor or nonexistent. Floated elements violate and disrupt the borders and padding of the box that contains them.
Floated elements interfere with the background of their containing box.
See the reference rendering to see how this test page should look in a CSS1 browser. Error handling The error-handling in IE's CSS parser is often in error. This causes documents designed for levels of the CSS specification not yet supported by the browser to render incorrectly. Error Handling which appear now . Error Handling which will appear in the future.