On 7/16/10 6:27 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: > Do you use a reset sheet? Maybe this could help you? > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:51 PM, absynthe minded web smithes > <absyn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Is there a way to target styles to specific OS's? FF for Mac and FF >> for Windows have slight differences in how they handle legends, >> fonts, and other little things I have yet to discover. I've also >> noticed little differences in Webkit browsers. >> > >
"Maybe [a reset sheet] could help you?" Or not... I mentor beginning adult Web students. The teacher promotes the use of reset styles. As a result, students end up with hundreds of CSS rules for the simplest of pages, most of which add back the self-same rules taken off by the reset. It also leads them to over-specify everything. I am not saying that a reset is bad-- just that it is usually unnecessary. One of the most popular is Eric Meyer's, yet in his original article he states explicitly that it is not meant to be used "as is." It was certainly very useful for me, as it led me to investigate and understand exactly what styles are added by browsers. FWIW - I find that all browsers that I use for testing are consistent in styling most elements, that the sizes and spacing generally conform to practices long established in print media, and are generally what I want. This leads to style sheets that are quite manageable. Cordially, David -- ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
