RE: fashions and contradictions

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-theory(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-theory(at)hwg.org]On
> Behalf Of Jan Kampherbeek
> Sent: 2. mars 1999 21:40
>
...
> CSS is supported only partly by even the newest browsers. But if you're
> browser does not support CSS, that doesn't necessarily pose a
> problem. In most
> cases the page will remain readable. Suppose you use a style to
> make all tags
> <H1> to appear in a special lettertype and to be red. If a browser doesn't
> understand it, the style will just be skipped, the heading will
> appear in a
> black letter using the default font of the browser. No big deal for the
> readability but it is a concern for the look and feel of your page.

It is quite possible to include HTML elements such as FONT and attributes
such as BGCOLOR on a page using CSS. (Using CSS perhaps to override those
elements/attributes).

> In some cases things might go wrong. Suppose you use a white
> letter in a box
> with a black background. If you use CSS for the font and HTML for the
> background the text will only be visible if the browser supports
> CSS.

I haven't seen that yet ;) - Odd example. A related problem is of course
using background-color with IE3, as IE3 does not support background-color.
Simply using background would suffice to work around that problem, though.

>You can
>deal with this by using only CSS for your colors or only HTML.

Or *both*. But then you have to include sufficient information for both old
and new browsers - that is, both in the HTML doc and the stylesheet.

STEPHAN NEDREG�RD

CSS bugs and workarounds:
http://www.micropop.com/workshop/

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