How do I use one stylesheet and take care of NN4, FF, IE 5.2, IE 5.5, and IE 6?
It stinks. There are still a lot of people out there using Version 4 browsers. Mostly Netscape Navigator version 4 (NN4), on creaky old Windows and Macintosh systems. As web designers, we wish they would just go away. It’s tough to make things work in the version 4 browsers and still build a “web standards” site with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). If you think cross-browser support means the maintenance headaches of multiple CSS files, you may have another option. This article shows you techniques you can use to make your site adjust to the browser bugs, all within one CSS stylesheet, all without Javascript or server side browser detection. If you are commited to version 4, then you can use some styles, but you can’t use others. You had better stick to the HTML 4.01 Transitional standard, and use Tables for the major pieces of your layout. NN4 can also use div and span to apply styles and uncomplicated layout. That’s about it. IE 6.0 and Gecko Most of your audience is going to be using
