[WEB4LIB] Re: Need help with Style sheets for Netscape

[William Moore]

I tried viewing the page in both IE 5.5 and Netscape 4.73 and both browsers
displayed the pages fine and are using the style sheets as specified in the
head of the document.

The only difference is that the colours in IE were brighter then in Netscape,
however that is a common problem between the two browsers. When using Netscape
4.x make sure that under advanced options you have Enable style sheets
selected.

Also when using colours in stylesheets (or other tags) try to avoid the colour
keywords (lime, yellow, etc) as different browsers may have a different
understanding of those words. When possible always use the RGB hex values to
ensure the same colour is used.

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    William Moore                          mailto:william_moore at umanitoba.ca
    LETS Web Developer                                        (204) 474-6523
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-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
-> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Walt Howe
-> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 10:27 PM
-> To: Multiple recipients of list
-> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Need help with Style sheets for Netscape
->
->
-> The differences between MSIE and Netscape are significantly different in
-> style sheets and JavaScript. Frankly, if you are going to use them and
-> should accomodate both browsers, it may be easier to detect the browser
-> version and write alternate code for each than to write code which
-> accomodates all.
->
-> Or just give up the idea of using style sheets. Very simple JavaScripts will
-> work with both, but must be tested.
->
-> Style sheets are supposed to "fail safe", but the results are anything but.
-> Anyone using 3.0 version browsers of any type cannot use style sheets at
-> all.
->
-> Walt Howe
-> SLA Information Technology Virtual Section
->
-> ----- Original Message -----
-> From: "Nancy Sosna Bohm" <plum at ulink.net>
-> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
-> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 5:56 PM
-> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Need help with Style sheets for Netscape
->
->
-> > I am working on some simple JavaScript quizes for an organization. I used
-> > style sheets because it seemed proper and, more importantly, it is easier
-> to
-> > change colors, sizes, etc. in response to group feedback. It looks great
-> in
-> > IE5, but, alas, the colors and sizes are wrong or non-existent in
-> Netscape.
-> > If anyone wants to view it and give advice, I would appreciate it.
-> > You may see one at: http://www.ulink.net/plum/Various/TeenQuizEat.htm
-> > Thank you.
-> >
->