On 04.12.2010 11:38, Chetan Crasta wrote:
I hate to point this out, but it would be unfortunate if those reading
this thread consider this an example of good use of CSS and HTML:
http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_additions_36.html
The page has 9 (yes 9!) wrapper or container divs that serve no
semantic purpose. Not to mention the empty 'spacer' div, the 0-height
hr element, the mixing of block and inline child elements in a div,
the huge number of  entities and using three periods instead of
&hellip .
Yes, it would be a shame... :-)
<http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_additions_26.html>
...but that's how I used to tame old browsers back in the days, and it
still works so I haven't bothered to upgrade it and lose control over
same old browsers until they are gone - for good.
The empty spacer divs (with comments) are one of the most robust ways to
force some of the old browser versions still in circulation to behave as
if they understood min-width/min-height without upsetting new browsers,
so they are not going anywhere - soon.
As for the   and tripple periods ... sure we're looking at the same
source-code?
I use numerical entities - put there by my good friend HTMLTidy[1], and
there are actually a few ' ' missing in that page. I don't like
single words on last line in paragraphs or single-letter words like "I"
at the end of lines, and see no point in adding elements for styling to
achieve this since that both adds weight and fails in browsers that
don't support CSS.
My entire site with its several hundred articles/pages is a live
test-bed for browsers, and contains many elements and styles that are
not supposed to make sense to anyone but me. If any of that confuses
other web designers / coders, so be it - can't be helped. The worst of
it can be found under "browser targeting CSS hacks"[2], in case anyone
wants to see some really bad use of CSS styling.
As end-user I often surf with no script or CSS support, so obviously I
at least want my own pages to present their content well under such
conditions. So add me to the "insignificant" number of problematic
end-users that actually know how to use their browsers and how it all
works, and be done with it.
regards
Georg
[1] http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_1_07.html
[2] http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_additions_42.html
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