Episode #94
I’m having compatibility issues with my CSS it will not work in internet explorer but it will work in other browsers like firefox. It seams that IE cannot read the CSS file. A couple of weeks ago we were adding a new theme to our site. The CSS file worked in IE but something happened and now it dose not work. I really need help because I have no team for my site and it is really hard work.
MacKenzie, Tracyville, NS
This is the single biggest roadblock to web development today. The mainstream browsers all render CSS differently. You need to design your site to test for the browser and offer the proper code for each. This kind of hacking is really ugly, but it’s currently the only good solution. I recommend Dan Cederholm’s Bulletproof CSS for some useful hacks and tips.
You’ll also find numerous web sites (like http://www.positioniseverything.net/) that address IE-Firefox compatibility issues. Keeping up with these is very nearly a full-time job!
It’s best to start with fully compliant CSS code then adjusting to compensate for issues in specific browsers.
One way you can try to figure out where the problem lies is at at the W3C’s CSS validator page: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
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Air Date: October 18, 2007
TranscriptCaller Questions
- Darwin, Saskatoon, SK
- Robert, Richmond Hill, ON
- MacKenzie, Tracyville, NS
Yewell's Jewels
- LClockwindows
LClock is a very simple program that makes the Windows’ clock look like a Windows Longhorn Clock. LClock also comes with a simple but configurable popup calendar that opens when the systray clock is clicked. No more double clicking on the clock just to view the calendar in the “Date and Time Properties” dialog box.
Sean's Shinies
- Fly Fusion Pentop Computer
$80
Learning can be a real pain, so anything that makes it more fun is welcome — say hello to the Fly Fusion Pentop Computer…not only can you use it to play educational games (with separately sold books), but you can use it to upload your handwriting to your computer…but you’ll need special patterned notebooks with the menu controls built in. And if that weren’t enough, the pen can also play MP3s. If that isn’t more impressive than an HB pencil, I don’t know what is.
Pro
- interactive games are fun
- uploads handwriting to PC
- plays MP3s too
Con
- bulky design hard to hold
- locked into special notebooks
Kate’s Tips
- Firefox Showcase
By Josep del Rio
Showcase provides a new way to manage your Firefox tabs and windows by showing them as thumbnails in a single window, tab or sidebar. Includes a find bar that will filter the thumbnails, and the capability to select the thumbnails in the same way you would select files in your system.
Find the Showcase menu in the ‘View’ menu (just under ‘Sidebar’). The default shortcuts are listed there. Those may be changed using the Keyconfig extension. New buttons will be available when customizing the toolbar.
Showcase can be shown as a window, tab or sidebar. Also, it has two modes: global (which will show thumbnails for all tabs of all windows) and local (thumbnails only for the current Firefox window).
Just click the thumbnail of the browser you want, and it will be shown to you automatically. You may also right click in those thumbnails to perform the most usual operations on them. Multiple thumbanils can be selected by using left click and holding down the Control key, or using the same selection actions you would use in your system. Mouse middle button can be used to zoom a thumbnail. Use Control-F in Showcase to use the find bar.