> The short answer is that if you want to support IE5 and IE5.5 (which are > both still very popular browsers) then one method you could use is to wrap > your image in a container and use text-align: center;
Okay, got that one nailed down now, I think. ;-) > To your other question... > [snip] > A bit brain-dead tonight so I hope that doesnąt confuse the issue even more > for you :) Not at all, Russ. Although you highlighted a number of extra considerations, you also provided an answer: obviously backwards compatibility and clean code are NOT mutually exclusive. Sometimes fussy, perhaps, but not mutually exclusive. Some inevitable compromises, perhaps, but no radical departures from semantically sound code. So you directly addressed my concern. Here I am trying to learn "good html and css," and I keep hearing about hackish compromises for older browsers, and I was feeling worried that I might have to start learning intensively in two directions at once: one learning curve for future-proofing, and one learning curve for backwards compatibility! But it sounds like I can focus on the former, and make just a few accomodations for the latter. That's reassuring. In fact, I wouldn't be surprising to discover that "good, clean" css code makes it generally easier to be backwards compatible. On the other hand, if you are a design control freak, and write elaborate and envelope-pushing css trying to get exactly the look you want in the new browser, I'll bet it gets a lot harder to make your pages look like anything at all in the old ones! Paul p.s. Entirely by coincidence, Russ, I spent the hour between my question and your reply reading Floatutorials and Listutorials at your website. Made the connection between you and there just a moment ago. What are the odds? ;-) Small web... >> Thanks for the clarifications, Russ. So... >> >>> Before you jump for joy at this solution you should be aware that it is not >>> supported across older browsers... >> >> It's not a big issue, but it's not trivial either: if I want to center an >> img AND have it supported by older browsers (which shouldn't be much to ask, >> I wouldn't think), am I right back where I started? Gotta wrap it in >> <p></p> and center the contents of the paragraph? >> >> This also raises a more general newbie question, but nice and philosophical: >> are the goals of writing markup and css for old browsers and future browsers >> mutually exclusive? I want to learn to write "good" markup and css -- >> highly accessible, clean, robust, to the standards. That's what this list >> is all about, right? If you attempt to accommodate older browsers, does >> your good clean robust and standard markup and css start to fall apart? >> >>> For more details, take a look at this: >>> http://www.browsercam.com/public.aspx?proj_id=61584 >> >> Wow, that's handy! > > ***************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ***************************************************** ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
