Andy Mosmiller wrote: > It is hard to tell unless you worked on the site, but I am pretty > sure that IE 7 is setting the height of the content to exactly 300px > as specified in my IE conditional stylesheet (which of course acts as > a min-height for current versions.) Have people figured out how to > tackle this looming problem yet for when people start using this > browser?
Yes :-) IE7 treats 'height' and 'width' correctly, so the IE6 hack will become a problem. In cases like yours where you're using only one IE-only stylesheet for all IE/win versions, you'll have to use the '* html' hack as part of the selector-chain for declarations you don't want IE7 to see / act on. Depending on how many IE-only styles you need, one or more IE-only stylesheets may be a complete waste of space and download-time. A few '* html' fixes for IE6 and older versions in the ordinary stylesheet, may be all that's needed. > IE 5.5 for Windows.... > Is this a case of needing to assign a "text-align" value of center on > the body, then canceling it out in on the container? Yes, that'll normally achieve centering in those old browsers. > It has been pointed out that my links don't work if images are off > and css on. I thought that users of this variety filled a similar > role as the jackalope, unicorn, or esquilax, but if they do exist, > I'd like to accommodate. The thing is, how do I do that without > compromising the look? I do have the idea to re-post text links down > at the bottom above the copyright, which would serve a nice dual > purpose. Good enough? Maybe - probably. Your latest update works fine at my end, so now I'm only missing the 'Gray's Creek Designs' in that scenario. Others may miss it too. Generally: some CSS capable screen readers may, or may not, treat pages like a paranoid site-tester - now or in the future. Most "replacement-tricks" - and other tricks for that matter, should therefore only be used where one is sure they won't hurt either way. > I'm also a little confused about the "zoom" setting. I have my text > set to 80% to achieve the look that felt right. I know that Opera > has a zoom feature, but I don't know how these two are linked. Is > there something I need to know to make for easier viewing for Opera > users? No! We Opera users have all the tools we need in the browser. All we ask is that web designers don't prevent these tools from working. When it comes to font sizes the formula is: what works for free font-resizing in IE/win, will also work for Opera. As an example: Your "font-size: 80%/1.4", and all other font sizes on the web, have to pass through my regular preference of 'minimum font size: 14px' at my end whether you, and other designers, like it or not. The same preference is set in Firefox and Safari btw. Your pages turn out really fine, because you don't play around with 'down and then up sizing of font sizes'. It's a lot worse when someone starts with a 'font-size: 62.5%' on body, and sizes up to 1.6em on text later in. That'll result in 'font-size: 14px × 1.6' in my Opera and Firefox, and although that is a pretty readable size, it may be more than many weak designs can handle. No problems with yours. If the above isn't confusing enough, then this article may help you over the edge... :-) <http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_1_03_04.html> ...and lead you into a part of accessibility/usability that is often ignored by web designers. The essence is: not only blind people need accessible/usable/readable web sites. regards Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
