position: fixed;

[JackRbt]

I like that effect. Am I correct in thinking that it is not seen much only because IE didn't implement it?

This page works well in IE7:
http://www.positivessl .com/ssl-certificate-products/ssl/ssl-certificate-positivessl.htm l

Next I did try eWish's suggestion of browsershots.or g, but evaluation of that particular page really depends on movement, not just a static view. Still, it looks like the company logo when viewed with IE6 in fixed position does not appear at all - so I guess that's a better failure than mangling the page, right?


and of course all is well in FF.

Are there any caveats to fixed positioning?

Also, what if I were to set the Z order of the emblem to be behind the page content? That would be unusual, I'd think. What if I would/could set alpha of maybe .5 and set Z order to be in front?

I'm asking, I guess, two things:

1) technical feasibility, especially as far as browser penetration

2) impressions from designers who know better than me about what looks good and/or novel :)

[drhowarddrfine]

Correct. Position fixed has never worked in IE6 but does work in all other browsers. In IE7 there are certain conditions that make it a little buggy, though.

[acoder]

You can get it to work in IE6 with a fix.