[gb2world]

You are welcome. I think firebug is a good tool to be fixates on - it is much easier to use than the IE developer toolbar. Probably a good process is to do development using Firefox/Firebug, then use IE Developer Toolbar to figure out any anomalies seen in IE.

Also - I am a proponent of standardizing the css with some sort of reset - it puts everything in a know state. It can get close to equalizing everything across browsers. Then, you can define your css to cascade from that. For me - it minimizes issues across browsers, so I do think it is wise. But, I suppose, that is a matter of opinion. In this case - I would prefer knowing that all table td are set to be baseline (or top or middle) in every browser, and if I want it different for certain tables, I would set css classes to accomplish that.