> Hi Ben, > > > > These days I hide all styles from Netscape, and my sanity > > > level has risen considerably since I started doing it - then > > > again, I don't use tables for layout any more either, so > > > Netscape users still get a logical (albeit plain) layout. > > > > Jon, do you mind if I ask what you mean by "hide all styles from > > Netscape" ?? do you mean you don't reference any CSS if you're > > displaying in NS4.x? > > Spot on. > > I am assuming (please correct me if I'm wrong, anyone) that a > Netscape 4 > user would rather have an unstyled but useful page - e.g. > proper use of > headings, paragraphs, lists etc - than a page that's > illegible or positioned > badly or just plain ugly because Netscape can't handle its clever CSS.
May I ask how you hide the CSS from NS? I'm mainly a back-end developer so not really that hot on advanced HTML/CSS stuff so forgive me for the questions! > > Also, I'm still using tables for layout and I don't really have > > any issues. I presume you're using CSS and absolute-positioning? > > Yup, but I can get away with it - I know exactly which > browsers are in use > on my systems (don't forget I do internal apps, not public websites) ahh, yeah... same here. intranets and bespoke web apps - where the client always has IE5+ - makes life a lot easier but doesn't prepare you very well for the real world! > I use it for the purely selfish reason that it's easier for > me to maintain > than a bunch of nested tables :-) I've been using tables so long I don't even think about it anymore :) > > is this commonplace now? > > I very much doubt it, just because it's not as "safe" as tables. Even > amongst those who have made the change from tables to CSS, > I'd still expect > the majority to be bloggers, web design studios, and similar techies. > > The only high-profile CSS-P site I can think of off the top > of my head is > www.wired.com - Lycos stopped using tables a little while > back, but it seems > to me that all they did was a search and replace from <td> to > <div> :-( > > Cheers > Jon Many thanks for your time Jon. .ben ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
