Now that's a good argument, Richard! And just when I had been persuaded to use <img>. hmmmmm.
On the second website I ever made using web standards I do have one logo for browsers and a cut-down version for print. But when I was making the site, I didn't know about putting images in the background using css (I was still trying to figure out the box model, floats, etc). So my work-around (kids, don't try this at home!) was to put both logos in the html in separate divs but display only one by using display:none on the unwanted div. See for example: http://www.harbourmarine.com/products/quick-release-hooks.html http://www.harbourmarine.com/css/print.css http://www.harbourmarine.com/css/products.css Not particularly elegant but it works. Hope Stewart On 10/10/05 12:01 PM, "Richard Czeiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, there is an argument that has the logo in the CSS particularly for > branding purposes. Hear me out... > > You put the logo in the CSS. Nice and big and branded etc... > Then you make a special logo for, oh I don't know, mobile devices. Small, > crisp, pixel perfect. > Now your users can see both and mobile users don't get frustrated waiting eons > for your massive logo to show up on their mobile browser (not that it fits > inside the window anyway). > > Doing it this way IS good branding. > It's also about controlling HOW you want your logo to appear in certain > context. Anyone that's written a Corporate Style Guide will know what I'm > talking about... > > You've also got to ask the question, that if people have CSS switched off, > it's probably because they don't want to see any non-relevant information > (visual or textual) possibly becuase of bandwidth restrictions etc... > > If you've semantically coded your header with something like: > > <div id="masthead"> > <h1>Company Name</h1> > </div> > > Then they'll still see the name of your company - which still lets them know > who they're dealing with and that that company cares about how they prefer to > view the web. That's also good braning (maybe more on the brand personality > side of things rather than the brand visual side). ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
