@import hack (was Re: [thelist] Form CSS styles)

Liorean Liorean at user.bip.net
Thu Jan 17 15:03:41 CST 2002


>Any use of \-backslashes in properties or selectors - even in rules that
>don't get used - seems to make N4 ignore the sheet. I haven't yet found
>a way around this.
>
> > I've taken to doing this for my stylesheets, and using a
> > bsic one for NS4, since IMHO @import looks very ugly.
>
>Me too. I dislike embedding any other language in HTML, so just using a
>no  putting this at
>the end of the sheet appeals to me:
>
>   /* Netscape 4, please ignore everything I just said */
>   #n4 { displa\y: inherit; }
>
>(no id="n4" element needed in the HTML). This has the disadvantage that
>users have to download a stylesheet they will never use, but on
>the other hand, it's Netscape 4, so screw 'em. ;-)

why not use <link /. . ./ media="all" /> instead? That makes NN4 ignore the 
stylesheet without downloading it.

// Liorean





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