---------- Original Message ------------- From: "Peter Firminger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Russ and I have discussed this at length and we have come to the opinion >that the @import rule (when used in that manner) is indeed a hack but a >harmless one. > >The reasoning is that it exploits a bug or particular behaviour in a >browser. In this case, older browsers don't understand it at all and they >ignore it so that the real styles that will break them can be put in there >safely. <...> So it is a bug. Not a hack. Imagine an webdesigner who never saw NN4.x nor he cared to much about it's bugs. He uses perfectly valid @import rule. And all of sudden you claim him using hacks. Why? Then you use something not for that it's been intended - it is a hack. Now it's just a bug/not implemented feature. Regards, Rimantas ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
