At 11:22 AM -0500 1/23/07, Matt Dawson wrote:
>The reason this hack rubs me the wrong way is that you're using the hack to
>pass a value to FF and other compliant browsers. IE7 gets the unblemished,
>unhacked version. It's the exact opposite of the way I usually work.
Yeah, same here. I can see where this hack might have utility,
though-- in cases where you absolutely have to meet this browser
support profile AND conditional comments are, for whatever reason,
not an option. It can and does happen: I've had clients tell me that
hacks in the CSS are okay but in the markup they aren't, and of
course some people work (or play) in environments where they have
control over the CSS but the markup is inviolate.
>(Also, calling Safari a "minority browser" is absolute foolishness.
>Konqueror or Epiphany *maybe* but definitely not Safari.)
The real foolishness is arguing over browser "market share" and
which browsers are "worth supporting" and what consitutes being in
the "minority", among other things. Any browser can be a minority
browser, depending on the site in question. On my web site, for
example, IE/Win (all versions) is a clear minority browser. On other
sites, the story will be different. So let's concentrate on whether
hacks are useful or not, please.
--
Eric A. Meyer (http://meyerweb.com/eric/), List Chaperone
"CSS is much too interesting and elegant to be not taken seriously."
-- Martina Kosloff (http://mako4css.com/)
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