LookÂing through the popÂuÂlar links on del.icio.us I found a page of tips for CSS: CSS Hacks & Issues.
Most of the tips are useÂful, if a litÂtle familÂiar by now, but their first one bugged me: BrowsÂer-SpeÂcifÂic selecÂtors. As you’ve probÂaÂbly inferred, it shows you how to use CSS hacks in order to proÂvide browsÂer-speÂcifÂic code. My probÂlem is this: many peoÂple — myself includÂed — think you shouldÂn’t use CSS hacks.
It’s an ongoÂing arguÂment, but cerÂtainÂly in the case of InterÂnet ExplorÂer there’s no need for hacks when you can use conÂdiÂtionÂal comÂments.
I think that if you’re teachÂing how to use CSS hacks, at the very least you should be linkÂing to the arguÂments against their use.
Over at A List Apart they’re askÂing peoÂple in the web indusÂtry to parÂticÂiÂpate in their first annuÂal web design surÂvey, to try and build up a proÂfile of who we are and what we do.
9 ways ColdÂFuÂsion 8 will rule web develÂopÂment. I like ColdÂfuÂsion; I was forced into using it when I startÂed my curÂrent job, and I found it very easy to pick up and get along with. HowÂevÂer, as long as it remains proÂpriÂetary and you have to pay upwards of ÂŁ3,500 for the servÂer ediÂtion, I don’t think it’ll rule web development.
I’m back from my holÂiÂday, with a quick look at some of the links I would have disÂcussed in more detail had I been here…
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- Peter Gasston
- April 23, 2007 [Permalink]
- Tags: browsers, css, DOM, html, OS, Plugins, Scripting, Technology, Typography, XML
I’m off on holÂiÂday — back towards the end of April. I’ve writÂten a new post for CSS3.info before I go: Kill IE6 to let CSS3 live.