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We have avoided using CSS3 rules for too long. It’s been difficult to justify using rules that won’t work for a significant portion of our audience, Internet Explorer 7 and below. However, Internet Explorer 8 is coming out soon and does work with the features we like.

I think [...]

We’ve had the luxury of hacks to fine tune Internet Explorer bugs. Internet Explorer 7 disabled the majority of hacks, with the exception of the * hack. This hack allowed you to send a style only to Internet Explorer by prefacing an attribute with an asterisk.

/*this is for all browsers*/

#main p {color:black;}

/* this is for [...]

The Web Sig in the Silicon Valley is putting together a very impressive meeting at the end of the month. Browser Wars, it’s a spoof of Star Wars and the dreaded browser wars of the 90’s.

I’m the first to cringe when someone discusses Star Trek or Star Wars in reverential tones. The theme alone [...]

The standardistas were abuzz a year ago with hopeful predictions for the coming year. Visions of sugar plums dropping rounded corners, AJAX, and alpha transparent pngs danced through their heads. 2006 has been a great year for web development. Did we get what we wanted? Did we get too much of what we wanted? Further, [...]

Back in the dark days, programmers battled with a forgotten browser. It was good for its time, like a 4-cyl Fiero. But time marched on and this browser stagnated, forcing those working in the internet world to jump through programming hoops to make their pages work.
There were a few heroes that made this work [...]