thanks sandy. man, this is screwy. my company requires IE6 for our application, etc... however FireFox is a GREAT tool with some of the extensions mentioned earlier in this thread, for a developer and id love to start using it, but darnit if i make it good for me in firefox, then it MAY NOT be good in IE6
hmppphhh playin with this today, have to see what i can dig up as far as the differences... .... more news @ 4:00 tw On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:22:54 -0400, Sandy Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its IE 6. > > At this point in time, I've found that Firefox is the most CSS 2 standards > compliant browser. Ideally if you start a design in Firefox it is much > easier to tweak it into working in IE, then the other way around. When I > build this way, I've noticed that my sites work 100% in all Gecko browsers, > newer Safari, etc. 99% in Opera and about 80-90% in IE (depending on > version). > > Two ways to work with it (both involve writing it correctly for firefox and > then tweaking for IE.). One way to make this easier is to also invoke IE7 > (internet extensions 7 by Dean Edwards) to make IE6 more CSS 2 compliant. > > Determine where the differences are. > > To feed something only to IE6, use an underscore at the start of the > property, _width:150px will be seen by IE but not other compliant browsers. > > A better way to do it I have found is to use the conditionals that only IE > sees to contain the differences, > <!--[if IE]> > <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" > href="assets/css/iecss.css" /> > <![endif]--> > > Place this at the end of your stylesheet calls so that the ie stuff > overwrites the compliant stuff. > > You will still have to figure out the differences and compensate for them. > > Sandy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:07 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Firefox -- HOOKED! > > aight, so ive had it installed, and used it sporadically, but ive found that > the css i have working GREAT in IE6 aint jivin' in firefox, well, not 100%, > about 85%. so i have a question for y'alls firefoxians... > > is it IE6 or is it FireFox? > > and then, i guess my next question... if i get it to render correctly in > fireFox, will it look the same in IE? > > basically, where should my starting point be? > > tw > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:21:28 -0400, Jochem van Dieten > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Coldfusion Developer wrote: > > > > > > I am using the editCSS, web Developer 8, as well as the ieview. > > > > Web Developer: which developer doesn't? > > LiveHTTPHeaders: show HTTP headers > > Checky: (X)HTML, CSS, RSS, etc validation tools > > Plain Text Links: copies plain text URLs to the address bar > > Things Thet Left Out: various configuration options > > > > Jochem > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132899 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
