[thelist] CSS2 and Netscape 4.7 problem

[Peter-Paul Koch]

> > This is a known Netscape 4 bug. However, the W3C validator is also known 
>to
> > be buggy. It would be very silly if one is *required* to declare a
> > background, even if you don't want one.
> >
> > Solution: ignore validator, remove transparent backgrounds.
>
>Thanks, ppk and rudy for your input.
>
>PPK, shortly after I emailed my query, I decided to strip out the nefarious 
>background-color: transparent from the remote.css file just to be able to 
>re-upload the revised site. . .and hoping there was a solution. Have now 
>learned another Netscape quirkiness. And that's the first time I received a 
>message from W3C about this particular "problem". But, then, I'm venturing 
>further out in the pond of CSS2 and never got so detailed (and lengthy) 
>before, glub, glub.

I took a quick peek at the spec and although it describes 'transparent' as a 
valid value of 'background-color' it says nothing about it being required. 
In fact, 'transparent' is the default setting, so why would you have to set 
it explicitly?

I still think it's an error in the validator. But then, I'm not noted for my 
great knowledge of validating anything <g>.

ppk


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