Re: IE 6 and css

by "Ryan Fischer" <ryan(at)gigabee.com>

Date:	Tue, 26 Mar 2002 22:07:14 -0500
To:	"Steve Mount" <steve(at)saltyrain.com>, "Lisa Bradshaw" <zibbler(at)web-design-cs.com>, <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
References:	fredonia SMount2K pieceoshit pieceoshit2 pavilion
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You wrote:
> > Because #FFF does NOT equal #0F0F0F. The legal shothand for CSS hex
is if
> > each pair is the same. So, #9933FF could be written as #93F, which
is NOT
> > equal to #09030F.  The following is from the W3C site:
> >
> > You can read the whole artical here:
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/syndata.html#color-units
> >
> > Lisa
>
> OK, seeing in the standard, I can see that it is legal ... but that
doesn't
> mean it should be used :)  Frankly, I think it adds an unnecessary
level of
> complexity - if one of my students were to ask me about it, I'd now be
able
> to knowledgably say "that's valid, but avoid it".

Actually, you should be encouraging this, because it is a simpler
notation, and because most of these colors are going to be among the 216
web safe colors (as long as they use 0, 3, 6, 9, C, or F).

--
 -Ryan

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