[ic] CCS vs. font tags

[Robert Taylor]

On Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at 05:49 PM, Paul Jordan wrote:

>>
>>> Which do you guys use?
>>
>
> Well, I mostly use CSS, However I need to look into something. I 
> *thought I
> knew how CSS worked, but I just noticed if I use Nestcape 4.7 with
> Javascript turned off, My CSS fails. Even if I copy the CSS right into 
> the
> page. I am busy right now, but when I get a chance I am going to look 
> into
> it further. AFAIK CSS is not dependant on Javascript, but we will see.
>
> What I am getting at is for a quick fix I had to <noscript> <font...>
> </noscript> tags in some important places.
>
> Said that, CSS is by far easier to manage, implement and maintain.
>
> Paul
>

I think you're right. This is the second time I've heard that Netscape 4 
only supports CSS with JavaScript turned on. But, even if it's not the 
case, Netscape 4 support for CSS is incomplete, contrary to the W3C 
recommendation, and buggy. *Shudder*

Here's a useful chart for CSS compatibility (not completely up-to-date, 
but covers through NN 6.0, which is WAY out of date) and IE 5.5):

	http://www.webreview.com/style/css1/charts/mastergrid.shtml

And here's one for general browser compatibility with W3C 
recommendations (same study as above):

	http://www.webreview.com/browsers/browsers.shtml

Robert Taylor