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Posted by Chris Beall on 11/23/81 11:41
David Smithz wrote:
> "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
>
>>I am afraid nothing can substitute for knowing the spec.
>>
>>http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cover.html
>>
>>DW as with any of WYSIWYG editors are really not good for the novices,
>>they keep you blissfully ignorant of the rules and promote bad habits and
>>poor markup (but they can do it really fast and easy!). They can become a
>>crutch. They can be a useful tool in skilled hands, personally I prefer to
>>hand code. I advise one to master hand-coding, learn to do it correctly,
>>then if you wish use a WYSIWYG editor.
>
>
> I would love to know all this stuff inside, but I guess it's a trade off of
> how much time one has to how much one will be using it.
>
> Just out of interest, is the CSS 2 standard currently supported but the
> latest browsers. So if I do invest the time reading this and learning it,
> can I apply what I learn right now? (therefore does IE6 and firefox support
> this).
>
> I wish I had more time to read all the things I wanted to learn about.
>
> Cheers for your input.
>
>
David,
Support varies, but I would rate Firefox and Opera and Safari as good,
with IE 6 as fair, provided you use an HTML Strict DOCTYPE. There are
some parts of the spec that nobody seems to support. Don't fall in love
with a concept until you've tried it out. Example: the :hover
pseudo-class is defined for all elements, but IE 6 supports it only for
links. In some cases (not this one), there are easy workarounds.
Yes, if you learn CSS 2.1, you can apply it now. Just not ALL of it...
Chris Beall
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