[WEB4LIB] Re: styles, broswers, and platforms, oh my

[Chris Gray]

There is also an alternate way to procede.  CSS is designed to allow for
gracefull degradation, that is, to leave a page renderable in a browser
that doesn't support CSS fully or doesn't support CSS at all.

It seems a saner approach to rely on this rather than trying to keep track
of all the variations in CSS implementation among browsers and browser
versions.  A List Apart is championing an approach of this type.  If you
go to http://www.alistapart.com/ using Netscape 4.79 (for instance) the
following message appears at the top of the page:

"This site's design is only visible in a graphical browser that supports
web standards, but its content is accessible to any browser or Internet
device."

This message includes links to an article entitled "Why don't you code for
Netscape?" (http://www.alistapart.com/stories/netscape/) and a link to a
discussion of upgrading to a standards compliant Web browsers
(http://www.webstandards.org/upgrade/).

It is in everybody's best interest to use and promote standards for these
things.

Chris Gray
Library Systems
University of Waterloo

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Galadriel Chilton wrote:

> Nancy,
> 
> In response to Question 1, here are a few links.  I especially recommend the
> CSS Mastergrid.
> 
> The CSS Mastergrid
> http://www.webreview.com/style/css1/charts/mastergrid.shtml
> 
> CSS Reference Table
> http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/pages/Authoring/CSS/table.html?tag=st.bl.7258.dir2.bl_table
> 
> CSS Bugs and workarounds
> http://css.nu/pointers/bugs.html
> 
> Working with CSS
> http://developer.apple.com/internet/css/
> 
> CSS Resource
> http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/0-7258.html?tag=dir
> 
> Regards,
> Galadriel Chilton
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> Tompkins County Public Library
> Ithaca, NY
> 
> 
> 
> Nancy Sosna Bohm wrote:
> 
> > 2 questions:
> >
> > Question  1:
> > Is there a current, comprehensive table of what browsers in which platforms
> > will translate which styles in which order (including if and when styles
> > override fonts)?
> >
> > Question 2:
> > Does anyone know how to make Web Star SSIs  hide and show  according to
> > browser and platform?
> >
> > And thanks to all who responded on disclaimers.
> 
>