Posted by kchayka on 09/20/05 21:50

Alan J. Flavell wrote:
>
> you can't just look at the one stylesheet and
> reckon the job complete - in general you've got to consider cascading with
> a stylesheet not under the author's control

I won't argue that, but you can't ignore the graphic design aspect of
the cascade. Setting background colors and images that show through to
child elements, while using different foreground colors on those
children, is going to happen. To say it shouldn't be done is to say
poo-poo to any graphic design at all. That isn't going to happen, nor
should it.

Regardless, an author cannot predict what user rules might be thrown
into the mix, nor is it realistic to even try - it makes my head swim
even thinking of all the possibilities. IMO, if a user invokes their own
stylesheet, it is their responsibility to make sure they set both
foreground and background colors, as well as !important rules. You can't
blame the author for the user's mistakes.

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