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Posted by cyber0ne on 11/01/05 20:56
> I've never seen an IE trick written quite like that.
> How will you determine who of your visitors are IE users? Browser
> sniffing is notoriously faulty.
I admit, it's terribly ugly. My hope would be to just supply an
alternate stylesheet for IE, but the vast majority of users will never
know or care about switching to it. I'll likely read the user-agent on
the server side and dynamically input the link tag for the stylesheet
there. Yes, I shudder at the thought.
> They do cascade, but wouldn't you agree it is best to fix them?
> I still don't see why you need special code for IE. Never did that for
> any of my sites.
Perhaps, but that may add some complication that I don't need. For
example, suppose I have a number of links which are all the same class,
but placed in different divs with different backgrounds. I want the
color of the links to change on hover, but if I specify a background
change then it won't look right. I'd have to make more and more
classes, which ultimately clutters things up.
I don't really see a "need" for special IE code either, except that
it's been necessary up to this point. For example, if I took the
IE-specific margin declaration out of the logincontainer class, then IE
renders it beyond the top of the screen. All other browsers render it
where it should be.
> How about resetting your own default size?
> Well, I had to increase it about 15% to read it. Perhaps my old eyes
> aren't as good as yours.
I'll admit, getting the font to look right for the vast majority of
visitors is important to me. Currently my testing group is myself,
sometimes my wife, and a couple friends... so I value your input on the
matter. Currently, however, it's a cosmetic change that can wait.
Getting the layout done properly is more important.
Regards,
David P. Donahue
ddonahue@ccs.neu.edu
http://www.cyber0ne.com
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