Comments on: IE-only Styles: Where Should They Be Placed?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:20:04 +0000

Appreciate the tutorial, makes for interesting reading. It’s handy having the drawbacks listed separately from the benefits. We normally use Option #2 to be honest.

Thanks.

By: CodeMyConcept

CodeMyConcept — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:02:32 +0000

The mission now, is to get IE6 to a 1% in 3 years and we are doing our best.

Great Article!

By: Bobs

Bobs — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:14:24 +0000

I Mean option 3!

By: Bobs

Bobs — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:13:37 +0000

Well explained, I think option is better if you develop a wordpress theme or something that finally someone else may modify the css, being in the same file will be easy for end user…

By: Louis Lazaris

Louis Lazaris — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:46:14 +0000

Thanks for this. Isn’t it true, however, that server-side browser detection is not reliable? I’ve been told that a browser can be faked on the client side (through a registry change or something..?). Of course, I don’t know how many people would actually do that (if any), so your solution may be quite feasible.

By: A3sthetix

A3sthetix — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:41:50 +0000

Option 6: Use server-side scripting to determine which browser is in use and dynamically insert the correct stylesheet.
Drawbacks:
- Separate CSS files are needed
- Need to know how to program
Benefits:
- No extra HTTP requests

Option 7: Use serverside scripting to output CSS. Create a file like style.css.php and use code to display rules for specific browsers. Could parse a CSS file or run functions within to output rules.
Drawbacks:
- Need to know how to program
- More time spent testing/coding (possibly)
Benefits:
- Single HTTP request
- Easy setup once concept is understood
- Code can be used for multiple sites

By: Sunny Singh

Sunny Singh — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:24:32 +0000

Same here since I don’t want multiple files open when I’m coding the same thing. I also use divs rather than changing the whole body tag.

By: Edison A. Leon

Edison A. Leon — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:14:03 +0000

Great article, thank you for sharing and the comments… good discussion… no doubt. Thanks JB and BigAB that’s some thing that I’ll be trying to do more often from now on.

By: TutorialFeed

TutorialFeed — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:58:52 +0000

Very useful post. I have bookmarked this post. Thanks for sharing.

By: Louis Lazaris

Louis Lazaris — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:16:19 +0000

A few months ago this site was loading about 20+ scripts/stylesheets, and I’ve reduced it to what it is now (around 8-12, depending on the browser). So, it’s not hypocritical at all, because I have “reduced” HTTP requests as I said in the article.

Not to mention that it’s not as important on a site like this. My advice on any article you read here or anywhere else is mainly for client work, where speed optimization is much more important.