Posted by Nikita the Spider on 07/13/06 13:55

In article <3da5$44b62cae$8259c69c$22331@news2.tudelft.nl>,
"Rik" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks very much for that! I guess IE users will only get to see the
> > default list-type then, other browsers get the cream :-)
>
> Tssk, I both applaud that statement, and yet disapprove of it :-) Although
> it's often rather tempting to put an image on your site saying "If you had a
> decent browser, it could look like this", I still like my sites to be as
> similar as possible in various browsers.

Rik,
I like that too, and I also agree that it isn't very nice to make users
feel bad about the browser they're using. However, IMO isn't one of the
goals of a well-designed site that it will be /useable/ in every browser
rather than visually similar? If IE6 users to my site find it less nice
than those using AOMB (Any Other Modern Browser), that's just the same
as if someone was using a mobile browser or a screen reader to browse my
site. Does that analogy sound reasonable to you?

In short, I think that if the OP uses IE conditional comments to give a
different stylesheet to IE <= 6 that defines alternative list bullets,
he's not doing anyone a disservice.

Cheers

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Philip
http://NikitaTheSpider.com/
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