[WEB4LIB] JavaScript & CSS relationship question

[Peter C. Gorman]

Bobb,

Building on what the other folks have mentioned, several scenarios 
are possible, depending on how your policy is worded. If the policy 
is "All workstations must disable JavaScript", and you use Netscape, 
then you're out of luck unless the policy changes, for the reasons 
Thomas mentioned. You can write CSS to your heart's content, but the 
browser won't implement it.

If, however, the policy is "Thou shalt neither write JavaScripts, not 
use them in thy pages" you should be free to use CSS, since CSS is 
entirely independent of JavaScript.


At 7:42 AM -0700 9/14/00, Bobb Menk wrote:
>Someone in our MIS group seems convinced that CSS is somehow built on
>Javascript and that our policies concerning Javascript therefore
>preclude the use of style sheets on our web pages.
>
>My understanding is that CSS is an entirely separate entity, unrelated
>to Javascript and therefore is not precluded by Javascript policy from
>use on our web pages.
>
>Could anyone more learned in the intricacies of the two help to clarify
>this for me?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Bobb Menk
>Electronic Resources Librarian
>MIT Lincoln Laboratory
>bmenk at ll.mit.edu

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