Hour Three: Browser Support for CSS
To be able to master the full power of Cascading Style Sheets, you need to understand the biggest issue related to using CSS -- browser support. No other Web-related technology has been more limited by poor browser implementation than Cascading Style Sheets. However, the situation continues to improve, as recent browsers are getting closer and closer to full support for CSS.
In this hour, you'll learn
- What the browser problem is and why it's a problem
- The general categories of browsers and how each type affects your CSS Web designs
- The essential need for workarounds and how to measure the cost of failure
- How the current browsers use Cascading Style Sheets
- How to read the Browser Support Report Card found in each subsequent hour of this book
Sample Code
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Web Links
These are the links presented in this hour, given here for easy reference.
- WebReview CSS Site
- WestCiv browser compatibility chart
- Web Standards Project
- Eric Meyer's css/edge spiral
- Download Internet Explorer for Windows
- Download Internet Explorer for Macintosh
- Download Mozilla
- Download Netscape
- Download older versions of Netscape
- Download Opera for Windows
- Download Opera for Macintosh
- Download iCab for Macintosh
- Download the WebTV emulator
- Download Konqueror for Linux
- Download Lynx
- The Evolt Browser Archive
- The HTML Writers Guild's HWG-Critique mailing list
Updates and Errata
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