Comments on: Using CSS hacks is just plain stupid

By: Breighton

Breighton — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:44:15 +0000

Hacks are not evil. It depends on what you’re working on. They can be quite helpful. If you’re making a site to stand the test of time, you might want to stay away from hacks. When new browser versions come out, as stated in this article, the hacks will break. But if you’re working on sites with a short lifespan (less than a year) and have to make your sites look virtually the same in 3 different browsers– hack away. (That is, if you are restricted from using javascript for cross browser scripting. The point I am making, for the working coder with one arm tied behind his back–hacks are a very dear friend!

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Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:59:54 +0000

[...] My beef is that CSS hacks are just a bad idea, and Meyer uses his hacks all over his books … [...]

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:00:40 +0000

“My CSS based site looks great on the PSP and on the new mobile phones and my older table based websites look horrible on these newer generation devices. ”

No doubt. But many websites don’t need to look good on PSP or mobile phones. You have to think about how these new devices will be used on the web.

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I doubt people will be surfing with their cell phones to read articles – it’s just too small. But, if my website was giving out stock quotes, I can see where I want to have an interface for cell users.

By: Justin Halsall

Justin Halsall — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:52:11 +0000

[..]CSS hacks are a recipe for disaster that I’ve been predicting for a while, a disaster that seems to be happening: it looks as though IE7 will be breaking CSS hacks and thus, the Web Standards myth of forward compatibility.[..]

Web standards and CSS hacks are 2 different things.

[..]the Web Standards myth of forward compatibility.[..]
My CSS based site looks great on the PSP and on the new mobile phones and my older table based websites look horrible on these newer generation devices.