On May 22, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Ellen Herzfeld wrote:
> - use a special, simplified stylesheet that will produce a better user
> experience than the two previous options. I thought that the "universal ie6
> stylesheet" could be a good answer.
>
> Of course, I can, as you suggest, remove any rules that obviously don't apply
> to my site. But the whole point of using such "prepackaged" stylesheets is to
> minimize work. Going painstakingly through each rule to see if it applies or
> not seems a waste of time, especially for a large site. It is also much
> easier to update if a new version is made available. I don't use frameworks,
> but I'm sure those who do end up with a whole lot of html and css that is not
> really relevant to their site. Are they supposed to remove all the cruft? And
> do they actually do it?
>
> The question is, aside from the aesthetic aspect of keeping everything clean,
> is there a compelling practical reason not to use the "universal ie6
> stylesheet" for IE5 and IE5.5 as is?
I don't see any particular reason not to use it (I've never used it and won't
use it, as is). Thierry's point was that that stylesheet contains a number of
rules and declarations that IE 6 and older won't be able to use anyway. Because
those browsers don't understand them, and he gave some examples:
> blockquote:before, blockquote:after, q:before, q:after { content : ""; }
> blockquote, q {quotes : "" ""; }
IE6 and older don't understand :before and :after.
One can add:
> blockquote, q {
> quotes : "" ""; }
same reason, the quotes property is not supported.
I see some odd things, like
> code {
> display : block; }
I often use <code> in an inline context. A preceding rule also affects the code
element .
Removing the couple of things he pointed out would make the stylesheet smaller,
saving you a bit of bandwidth (and would make that stylesheet saner, in my
book).
And he goes on suggesting to read his article
http://carsonified.com/blog/design/setting-rather-than-resetting-default-styling/
where-in he (strongly) suggest to use that kind of stylesheets as a starting
point for your own.
Philippe
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Philippe Wittenbergh
http://l-c-n.com/
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