There are libraries that give ie the same dom as MF and Opera for
stylesheets..

Google away... There's quite a few...

Dawesi

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Seona
Bellamy
Sent: Thursday, 16 June 2005 12:04 PM
To: CFAussie Mailing List
Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT CSS

Bummer. :( Think you're going to have to tell them they're dreaming
then, because as far as I've ever been able to tell, the two are
mutually exclusive:
pixel-perfect across browsers and still accessible just doesn't seem to
be feasible.


Seona.

Quoting "KNOTT, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> I would be happy with looking good but the client is not.  They have a

> mixture of IE 5.5 and IE6.  They have noticed the differences and want

> them to look the same.
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seona Bellamy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, 16 June 2005 11:50 AM
> To: CFAussie Mailing List
> Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT CSS
>
> > What I trying to find is a style sheet solution that looks the same
> > in IE
> > 5.5 and IE 6 but does not use fixed size.  That's where the em's
> > come into it, but I having problems getting em's and sizes like
smaller to work.
> >
> > Brian
>
> Something you may want to consider:
>
> How many people, aside from the ones involved in the development of
> the site, are going to open your page in multiple browsers and sit
> them side by side to compare the results? For users, they open
> whatever is their preferred (or
> enforced) browser and browse your page in that. End of story.
>
> The only people likely to be browser hopping are other developers if
> you ask
>
> them to site check for you. If you're asking them, it's probably
> because they know what they're doing. In that case, they most likely
> understand and appreciate that different browsers render relative font

> sizes slightly differently.
>
> My advice to you would be to ask a different question when you look at

> the page. Instead of asking "Does the page look pixel-perfectly
> identical in all
>
> browsers?" you should ask "Does this page look okay in this browser?"
> for each browser you test in. As long as the text is readable and
> isn't breaking your
>
> layout, it's okay if it doesn't look exactly the same as in another
browser.
>
> Pixel-perfection and accessibility just don't seem to mix.
>
> Just my take on the subject, anyway. :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Seona.
>
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