Sent by Romily Jones on 13 February 2005 11:11
Chris,
I see your question as relating to making real-world CSS more practical.
Hacks can be a serious and time-consuming complication in my experience,
particularly as ie in its various versions can need quite a few. The CSS can
become convoluted and produce unexpected (and very unwelcome) results in
some browsers.
For using conditional comments:
-- hacks specific to ie can be put in a file that only ie reads. Chief
benefit is the separation of some of the more ie specific hacks, some of
which have undesirable results in other browsers.
-- makes it easier to achieve validation
-- very unlikely to be any forward compatibility problems:
-- -- they are wrapped in a comment which is/will be ignored by other
browsers.
-- -- This is a Microsoft-inspired extension which has been around for a
while, and Microsoft is therefore extremely likely to ensure full
compatibility in future versions of ie.
Against using conditional comments:
-- extra line required in every single page on the site. There may be future
site management implications.
Romily
www.romjon.com
______________________________________________________________________
css-discuss [EMAIL-REMOVED]]
http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d
List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/
Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
