Re: A "Wanna Be" CSS programmer

Among other things, we sniff for browser type/version and then serve the 
appropriate style sheet (and sometimes an alternate HTML file as well).

You could also take advantage of, for instance, Netscape Navigator 4.x's 
weaknesses by referencing a style sheet in a way it doesn't understand, and 
then in a way it does that is given lesser importance by the other browsers.

Specifically, NN4.x doesn't understand the @import ("cssfile.css"); 
declaration ...
For more information, see:
http://www.alistapart.com/stories/tohell/
http://www.alistapart.com/stories/journey/

And, of course, glish.com is a good resource too.

Good luck!
-kb


At 12:46 PM 2/6/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Esteemed CSS Programmers,
>
>I returned to my international school armed with two books about cascading
>style sheets. I have read them and I am ready to go. However, I am quite
>mystified by one main issue...the lack of CSS implementation by "older"
>browsers (ie, Netscape 4 and IE 5).
>
>It seems to me that many HTML professionals are using CSS. Can someone
>explain to me...on list or off...how you can develop style sheets of any
>sophistication knowing that your site visitors may very well be using these
>"older" browsers?
>
>Thanks in advance for your assistance.
>
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Jennifer Peterson
>Academia Cotopaxi, American International School
>Quito, Ecuador
>jpeterson(at)cotopaxi.k12.ec
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

_________________________________________
Kevin W. Bishop
Communication & Collaboration Technologies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
<bishopk(at)rpi.edu> | <http://www.rpi.edu/rpinfo/>

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