[thelist] Re: CSS: question about @import

[Nathan Wright]

>as far as i know it's recommended to use the @import
command to hide
>advanced css from older browsers, i.e. nn4.x.
>
>i haven't heard anything about WHY i need to hide it from
older
>browsers. i'm guessing that the older browser could get even
more
>screwed up when it comes across advanced css. if this is not
the case,
>won't the older browser(s) just skip over the css it does not
>understand?

Chris,
If only this were the case, NN4.x would still be darling of the
internet world (whoa, hold on everyone, just kidding ... put
the knives down ;). Older browsers have the nasty habit of
trying to read the CSS, not understanding it, choking,
thrashing around like a dying fish, and then crashing on
contact.

>also, when you import an advanced stylesheet, does it
override
>everything in the primitive stylesheet? or does it just add-on
to it?