Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 09/23/07 21:24

Joe Butler wrote:

> I guess the html comments were left in the css file from when the
> styles were used inline and it was apparently a way of not breaking
> browsers that didn't understand css. I'll remove them if they are
> not correct.

They haven't been needed since .. what? .. after version 3 of
IE/Netscape?

> OK. The Z errors are just a quick way of commenting out a style.

/* This is a CSS comment */

> So, the </p> is more of a programmer thing. Find it easier to not use
> them as the paragraph end is implicit in the hand-coded html file.
> If it were a cms, then I would agree. Since xhtml requires them, I
> should get used to it, though.

Attaboy!

> I've tested on IE6, IE7, FF1, FF2 (all Windows versions) and not
> noticed breaks collapsing, but point taken. Although, my feeling is
> that anyone using the least common browsers has to expect certain
> issues - it is a choice they have made and must accept that thing are
> not always going to work for them.

Don't forget 'least common browsers' may include PDAs, mobile phones,
and all sorts of new devices coming down the pike.

You may get a reasonable approximation by using Opera and pressing
Shift-F11.

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