Tantek on CSS Hacking

November 28, 2005 By

Molly Holzschlag, of the Web Standards Project, writes IF THERE IS ONE POST ALL WEB DESIGNERS AND DEVELOPERS MUST READ this year, it’s Tantek Çelik’s eye-opening: Pandora’s Box (Model) of CSS Hacks and Other Good Intentions.

Now, if you know Molly you know she doesn’t write in all capitals very often. She’s right, it’s a good article.

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  • http://www.mahugh.com/ Doug Mahugh

    Molly’s post is right on — and not just relevant to CSS hacks. It’s easy to get carried away with little tricks to extend various APIs beyond their intended scope. Dealing with browser versions is probably a legitimate use of CSS hacks (since there’s so often no other way), but we should all be careful to only use a hack when it’s truly the only option.

  • http://www.mahugh.com Doug Mahugh

    Molly’s post is right on — and not just relevant to CSS hacks. It’s easy to get carried away with little tricks to extend various APIs beyond their intended scope. Dealing with browser versions is probably a legitimate use of CSS hacks (since there’s so often no other way), but we should all be careful to only use a hack when it’s truly the only option.

  • http://www.phigsaidwhat.com/ Sean Burgess

    I found the article an interesting insight into the evolution of a saving grace and the bane of every web developer’s daily struggles with the current state of browsers. Regardless of which browser or email client you like or support, the lack of full CSS1, CSS2(.1), and Box Model support is embarrassing for all of us in the industry.

    Sean—

  • http://www.phigsaidwhat.com Sean Burgess

    I found the article an interesting insight into the evolution of a saving grace and the bane of every web developer’s daily struggles with the current state of browsers. Regardless of which browser or email client you like or support, the lack of full CSS1, CSS2(.1), and Box Model support is embarrassing for all of us in the industry.

    Sean—