any webmasters/designers the browsers that display
are now using CSS for correctly.
layout purposes on their
sites to ensure web current web CSS Hacks work, but there are two
standards are met. But with main points to consider.
current trends it can be hard to
predict the exact look of a site Firstly, the validity of the CSS
across the complete range of may be affected. Invalid CSS
browsers. Some are flawed and hardly seems worthwhile as the
some have their ‘special main aim of CSS layout is to
quirks' when displaying a embrace web standards.
website. Designers, being the
types that need perfection in Secondly, designers have
their design, often ‘Hack' performed Hacks to satisfy
their CSS code to create a design current and past browsers. They
that ‘works' across browsers or have failed to look in the other
platforms. But is this the way direction - will it be
forward? futureproof? With the launch of
the next version of Internet
For those not familiar with CSS Explorer this summer (and many
Hacks, they are ways of using more to follow), one has to
styles/classes that only apply to wonder whether these Hacks, or
particular browsers. They are quick fixes, will break a site.
used to overcome the display In essence, we cannot predict how
problems mentioned previously by Hacks will be displayed.
exploiting CSS structure and Designers might like the idea of
code. Most involve simple work needing to be done in the
punctuation tricks to fool the future on a clients site but if
problematic browser into the site breaks the client is
accepting a different style to unlikely to commission the same
team to fix it. differences have to be expected.
Trade-offs have to be made - and
The true skill of a designer is it is the decisions made that
shown when s/he creates a design show a quality end product.
without Hacks that generally
looks great and works. Slight
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Andrew Faulkner of aspiramedia web design. http://aspiramedia.com
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