[OT] Useful Start Page revisited

[Matthew Flaschen]

Nigel Ridley wrote:
> Because it's good practice. To quote from 'Web Designer's Reference' by Craig Grannel:
> [quote]
> The problem with the link method is that obsolete browsers see the style sheet but don't 
> understand it. This results in garbled layouts-- and often in unusable websites for those 
> unfortunate enough to have to deal with arcane web browsers. The solution is to hide the CSS from 
> such browsers by using a command that they don't understand and so will ignore. This is often 
> referred to as the @import method.
> [end quote]

It's a dirty hack.  Now, sometimes a dirty hack is exactly what you
need, but this is not one of those times.  According to
http://www.digbyswift.com/development/css/filters/, the only three
browsers that don't support the syntax you used are Netscape 4 (Win),
Mac IE 5.2, and Netscape 4 (Mac Classic).

Not one of those browsers was released in the last 7 years, and not one
of them runs on Linux.

Matt Flaschen