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"Reset stylesheets"

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cjh wrote:
> Machie:
> "I still haven't forgiven them for making IE 6."
>
> If they hadn't, we might have been stuck with IE 5 :)
>
> And to be fair to Microsoft, IE 6 was a pretty good web browser,
> it just wasn't updated quickly enough.
>
> Silverlight all
> the way :)

I suppose everyone is entitled to their opinions :P

Machie:
"I still haven't forgiven them for making IE 6."

If they hadn't, we might have been stuck with IE 5 :)

And to be fair to Microsoft, IE 6 was a pretty good web browser, it just wasn't updated quickly enough.

Silverlight all the way :)

Machie wrote:
> I'm thinking about using a reset stylesheet but I don't want to
> just turn everything off without knowing what it does.
>
> So please tell me whether you're using one and what are the
> things I might want to include in it.
>
> Thanks

I am not too sure about reset.css files, generally I would include it within the main CSS files as not to increase file loading overheads. Also sometimes the following CSS can suffice for most needs.


* { margin: 0; padding: 0; }


However if you want something more substantial use Eric Meyers reset.css.

cjh wrote:
>...
> I'd move it to the back of your mind for the time being. As it's
> designed as an update of HTML 4, I'd concentrate on using correct
> current HTML, and I wouldn't go through your current sites
> updating it with a working draft of HTML 5.
>
> Besides,
> Silverlight is the
> future ;)

I think a non-proprietary technology is the future, such as HTML5 built with all the goodness of SVG within <canvas>, so no plugins will ever be needed! Also <audio> and <video> tags to use players you select within your browser rather than, having to download Flash and SIlverlight plugins, that is the future IMO.

No point in using HTML5 for production purposes just yet though, the guys at WHATWG change their minds daily now.

I'm thinking about using a reset stylesheet but I don't want to just turn everything off without knowing what it does.

So please tell me whether you're using one and what are the things I might want to include in it.

Thanks

HTML 3 was in its infancy when I started making my website. I'm sure I'll get round to finishing it Garin :P

The HTML 5 spec will be finished long before Machie finishes a website. :p

Thank you very much cjh :) and god I hope Microsoft isn't serious, I still haven't forgiven them for making IE 6.

HTML 5 is being talked about as the next version of HTML, and is still in the "development" stages, i.e. discussion of what people think should and should not be a part of it, etc, are still going on, and will do for a while I'd say, and then there is the time that it is incorporated in to browsers and readable by search engines, so it isn't by any means a finished standard.

I'd move it to the back of your mind for the time being. As it's designed as an update of HTML 4, I'd concentrate on using correct current HTML, and I wouldn't go through your current sites updating it with a working draft of HTML 5.

Besides, Silverlight is the future ;)

You'll never win a GAD just by posting links Hmmm :)

Can I have a very detailed article with tutorials and examples please?