Floats are here to stay, so the only other way I see around it is to add a float-clearing:clear; or similar option that assigns the property to the floated element.

“But what about overflow?” you ask? Well, it’s still pretty hacky, as using it makes printing pages less desirable for long overflown elements, such as the container, or main/sidebar columns. Print stylesheets are the solution here, but what do you do if you want to have overflow:visible on floated elements for those long urls that happen on occasion, or to be able to show dropdown menus on floated navbars?

So yes, we need a float-clearable property in CSS3!