[WEB4LIB] Netscape 4.x and [media="all"]

[Araby Greene]

Yes, it is "normal" behavior for Netscape 4 to ignore any style sheet link
containing media="all". Using this attribute is a great way to hide a style
sheet from NS4! If you make sure NS4 pays attention, use media="screen"
instead.

-araby

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Araby Greene
Web Development Librarian
Getchell Library/322
University of Nevada, Reno
araby at unr.edu
http://www.library.unr.edu/


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Sullivan" <rsullivan at sals.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 12:41 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Netscape 4.x and [media="all"]


> In the course of some internal tinkering, I added included the
> media="all" attribute in the call to my style sheet.  This causes
> Netscape 4.x to ignore my style sheet completely.  If I don't include
> that, it works pretty well.
>
> Is this normal?  I don't recall seeing this mentioned anywhere.  Perhaps
> I should just leave out the attribute?
>
> A sample page is at <http://www.scpl.org/branches/index.html>.  Thanks
> for any advice.
>
> Bob Sullivan  <rsullivan at sals.edu>
> Schenectady County Public Library (NY)  <http://www.scpl.org/>
> Schenectady Digital History Archive
> <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
>