[Web4lib] Gracefully degrades to..?

[Jennifer Heise]

Can you recommend a good book on using CSS for positioning that DOES degrade
gracefully? I've really avoided using CSS-based layout myself because I've
seen it degrade horribly so many times, and I don't want to take a chance on
my users seeing all the text piled on top of each other.


On 5/24/06, Hankinson, Andrew <HankiA at parl.gc.ca> wrote:
>
> One possible, standards-compliant way to degrade gracefully is to use
> CSS-only layouts for your site, and allow users to switch the stylesheet
> off.  If HTML is left only for markup, (i.e. tables are not used for
> layout, unordered lists are used for menus, etc.), your site will be
> functional, if not pretty, for your users.
>
> Possible, but not necessarily realistic given the wide range of coding
> competencies out there.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Drew, Bill
> Sent: May 24, 2006 8:54 AM
> To: kgs at bluehighways.com; web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Gracefully degrades to..?
>
> I think all you need to do is have the validation graphic on your
> webpages.  Considering how easy it is to get a browser that will work up
> to standards any more, there is no need nor should anyone label a page
> to say it works best with  a specific browser.  The help documents could
> make suggestions for the best version number of browsers to use.
>
> Wilfred (Bill) Drew
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