At 5:50 PM -0400 7/7/09, tedd wrote:
>At 5:00 PM -0400 7/7/09, Stephen Tang wrote:
>>Hi,
>>I have a site that was using list-style-type: disc for a list bullet.
>>The QA team noted that in IE8, the list bullets were smaller than in
>>IE7 or Firefox. All three browsers were accessing the same CSS
>>property:
>>li {list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12px; line-height: 160%; }
>>
>>>From reading the CSS spec and some forums, is it correct that each
>>browser has a different way of implementing the size of the bullet, so
>>that there is no direct way to control is in CSS? I know the
>>list-style-image property is available, but I have run into problems
>>with vertical positioning of an image-based bullet (since
>>list-style-position isn't precise).
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Stephen
>
>Stephen:
>
>When I see a post like yours, I can't help but offer this advice:
>
>http://sperling.com/four-things-clients-should-know.php
>
>Cheers,
>
>tedd
Stephen:
My apologies to the list -- in retrospect my post looks like I'm
trying to promote my site rather than address the question. That was
not my intent -- my article is too lengthy to be posted here. That's
my defense and I'm sticking to it. :-)
So... to address the question, each browser has it's own "rule's" as
to how it handles and displays html. Some browsers are very similar
while others aren't. The box-model problem is one example. Browsers
handle zooms differently and a first order zoom in one browser does
not guarantee that the size/position of elements will be the same is
another example. Browser default fonts are yet another example -- the
list goes on and on.
In short, there are many differences between browsers with respect
how they display html. If you don't like the size of a disc displayed
in one browser as compared to another, then you have two choices: 1)
live with it; 2) or browser sniff and change the code accordingly.
However, browser sniffing brings it's own set of problems to the
table and is generally frowned upon as bad practice.
Cheers,
tedd
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