On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:58:25 -0800 Came this utterance fomulated by Ryan Little @ Gusto to my mailbox:
> > > > Not really sure how relevant browser statistic are regarding the > > practical application of CSS. Nevertheless, there was a very long > > thread > > last month, on somewhat related matters, that may help be of > > interest to > > you. It begins here: > > <http://markmail.org/search/?q=the+css+overlords#query:the%20css%20 > > overlords+page:1+mid:eq3b3ynqjk46m7xs+state:results > > > > > If the link breaks in transmission, the subject line is: > > The CSS Overlords > > Hi David, > > Thanks for the welcome, sorry If the css got lost in there :) The > reason I brought the browsers up in relation to the CSS is because I > have to make a CSS file to deal with older browsers if people would > just upgrade to current or at least a newer browser than one set of > CSS works. (at least so far) IE 7 and 8 are behaving a great deal > more than 6 and lower did. > To bring it back on track - controlling pages using CSS; i use a well known technique which makes IE5, IE5.5 and IE6 behave very similar to each other. Throw them into quirks mode intentionally, then you only need program for IE6 (unless your customer or one of his major customers use an older browser). The technique is not perfect and i still check across a broader range of browsers with completed pages but IE6 is the lowest i check _during_ development. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
