On 2/20/2010 8:18 AM, MCBastos wrote:
> Interviewed by CNN on 19/2/2010 22:36, David E. Ross told the world:
>> On 2/19/2010 12:51 PM, JeffM wrote:
>>> Phillip Jones wrote:
>>>> Page designers that design pages for w3c [compliance]
>>>> should add a notation.
>>>> /This website was written to World Wide Web Consortium Standards
>>>> and should show properly on the vast Major of Web browsers
>>>>
>>> There's even a tag for that.
>>> Put this in an HTML file and view that with IE, then Gecko:
>>> <!--[if IE]><br>
>>> Only Internet Exploder can see this text.<br>
>>> <![endif]--><br>
>>>
>>>> /If not please contact the creator of the browser that does not,
>>>> and please tell them you will discontinue use of
>>>> [their] product until [it] meets specifications/.
>>>>
>>> ...or simply:
>>> This site best viewed with a standards-compliant browser.
>>> http://google.com/search?q=%22+best.viewed.with.a.standards-compliant.browser
>>> When combined with the tag shown above
>>> and using large red text, it grabs the attention.
>>> Using the flash tag would put the icing on the cake.
>>>
>>>> The funny thing about w3c is MS is one of the Signatories of W3C
>>>>
>>> It's easier to do damage when you're one of the Fifth Column
>>> than when you're an overtly declared enemy:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish
>>
>> If appears that more is required to sniff for IE.  I tried your example.
>>  The same text showed in both IE 7 and SeaMonkey 2.0.3.
>>
> 
> Try this:
> 
> <!--[if IE]>
>   <div id="ienote">
>     <p class="warning">Compatibility Warning</p>
> 
>     <p>This website was written to <a href="http://www.w3.org/";>World
> Wide Web Consortium</a> specifications and should display properly on
> the vast majority of Web browsers on the market today.</p>
> 
>     <p>If you see rendering problems please contact the creator of the
> browser that you used, and tell them you will discontinue use of their
> product until it meets specifications.</p>
>   </div>
> <![endif]-->
> 
> You may style the note above as you wish, for instance, like this:
> 
>   #ienote {border: thick red outset;
>            background-color:yellow;
>            color:red;
>            padding:0.5em;
>            clear:both;}
>   #ienote p.warning {font-weight:bold;
>                      font-size:larger;
>                      text-align:center;}
> 
> I tried using "blink", but IE apparently doesn't support it -- even as a
> style, which IS in CSS1. So it's useless in this context.
> 

Aha.  That works.

-- 
David E. Ross
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