I reckon you are being cynical Barney :-)
Consider colour blindness, 8% of adult males, you can allow a user to
select a colour scheme.
Consider screen size, alternative stylesheets can improve presentation
of different devices.
I use seven different linked stylesheets on everypage, hardly anyone
uses them, but a few people really want and like them.
The first stylesheet lined is the default one loaded:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../SSheets/GreyLarge.css" media="all"
type="text/css" title="Black Blue" />
Other linked stylesheet are "alternative"
<link rel="alternate stylesheet" href="../SSheets/NuncStyle1.css"
media="screen" type="text/css"title="Black Gold" />
I allow users to select the stylesheet they prefer with Javascript.
Also in the browser menu there is usually an option to select a
stylesheet.
It is never presented to the user by the browser, they need to find it
unless the rel attribute matches the device then it is automatically
selected.
A menu option like "Use Style".
http://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/Access/index.html#colourCSSstyle
Tim
On 16/03/2007, at 2:33 AM, Ted Drake wrote:
Barney,
Do you have any idea where that article was or who wrote it? I'd like
to
read this.
Thanks
Ted
A while back I read this article on the secret power of the rel
property
in links... The author went about listing examples of different objects
you could link and different terms for what relevance they might have
(hence rel values). His enthusiasm was tangible, but he gave absolutely
no indication of how this would improve any appreciable aspect of your
page as far as user experience was concerned.
Am I just being cynical or is it really just a bit unnecessary?
Regards,
Barney
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