Re: [WSG] Standard Hacks?

[scott parsons]

I do not know what industry you work in but in every industry I have 
worked in there is a great need for pixel precise layouts.

When you go through 13 rounds of changes with a client and discuss 
things like the letter spacing on single superscript letters then you 
just might have to put in the odd hack.

Browsers render differently, and while we might all like to say that 
hacks are bad and not needed I think that is a disservice to people just 
learning to use CSS-p for layouts.

When I was learning css part of learning all the browser quirks was 
learning how to get around them, but you cannot learn all that at once 
and sometimes you need to focus on learning part A properly before you 
move on to part B.

Hacks should be minimised, and the focus should be on hacks that are 
less likely to fail in the future. But there are times when they are 
NECESSARY. At least during the learning process but to some extent even 
after one has mastered some css.

Clients and the many print trained art directors want pixel precision... 
sometimes this means using hacks, unless we forget the whole thing about 
not having to edit the html and start modifying the structure half the 
time instead.

s
Hacks are for the Cowbot webdesigner who hasnt done his job right in the first
place! ( or for a client thats given too much hassle and not enough cash to make
the recode cost effective! ;] )
 

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