CSS2 and Core Styles

Chris Lott chrisl at muskox.alaska.edu
Wed May 13 10:49:10 EDT 1998


>Maybe I'm a little slow but I really don't understand what is to be
>gained from style sheets.  I don't see the real difference between such
>things as <b></b> or <strong></strong> when I get exactly the same
>result.  What is the real difference?  How do they breakdown when used
>by older browsers?  What do I gain? More important, what do I loose if I
>use style sheets?


1. Consistency across documents
2. Ease of maintenance
3. "Clean" Markup
4. Advanced layout features accessible without losing users in older
browsers

c
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Instructional Technology Specialist
Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks




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