Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:05:51 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: George Danchev <danchev@spnet.net> Cc: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CSS 1.X vs. 2.X attributes Message-ID: <20051011080551.GV99170@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <200510111038.30921.danchev@spnet.net> References: <20051010102511.GC2617@flame.pc> <20051010103207.GM99170@submonkey.net> <200510111038.30921.danchev@spnet.net>
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--FlxqdQUIXA+HMkrt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 10:38:30AM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > On Monday 10 October 2005 13:32, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 01:25:11PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > Bearing in mind that: > > > > > > * min-width is a CSS 2.X (but not CSS 1.X) attribute > > > * it may improve the resizing of our front page > > > * the following mini-quote from a discussion me and des@ took par= t in > > > > > > # Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:21:17 +0300 > > > # From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> > > > # > > > # On 2005-10-10 12:03, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> wrote: > > > # >Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> writes: > > > # >> How about specifying a minimum of 765px and then a width of 75%? > > > # >> > > > # >> min-width: 765px; > > > # >> width: 75%; > > > # >> > > > # >> That should do the trick. > > > # > > > > # > Ah, I didn't know about min-width; it's not in CSS1. > > > # > > > # You're right, of course. It is part of CSS 2.X. I'm not sure what= is > > > # the CSS standards level we want to be compatible with, so I'll have= to > > > # ask the folks at freebsd-www about using min-width or other CSS 2.X > > > # attributes. > > > > > > What is our current policy (assuming we actually _have_ one) about us= ing > > > CSS 1.X vs. 2.X attributes in stylesheets for the web site? > > > > I think it's probably OK. They'll just get ignored by browsers that > > don't understand them, and the alternative in this instance is to not > > include it any way as I understand it. >=20 > Please don't go for such experiments. It will open another can of worms, = e.g.=20 > inter-browser inconsistencies thus different look'n feel. I have personally decided that browsers that don't conform to standards don't matter to me any more; once they stop working on 50% of the web, they might get fixed. I guess the FreeBSD Project might need to bend to them. <stuff about recommended width snipped, as I don't have an opinion on that> Ceri --=20 Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) --FlxqdQUIXA+HMkrt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDS3JfocfcwTS3JF8RAqUrAJ9SFVGX6rjGelr/BMxcyfK251F3zgCePuU0 BOlqpAn5WNqovzNKL97myF0= =DtfP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FlxqdQUIXA+HMkrt--
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