[OT] Useful Start Page revisited

[David McGlone]

On Friday 06 March 2009 10:34:33 pm Nigel Ridley wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> > 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
>
> So I'll change it :-)
> The book mentioned is about 3 years old - so perhaps it's about time to
> 'upgrade'!

You shouldn't need to change it. 

-- 
David McG.