Re: [tlug] Novel embraces Microsoft

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 08/11/06, Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com> wrote:

> Some things can't be worked around (see below)

Sure they can, just hack harder. :)

> > * html div#main-logo {
> > background: transparent;
> > filter: {snip}
>
> "transparent" isn't a valid value for the background in CSS and it
> breaks the W3C validation.

So use something very much like the box model hack:

http://tantek.com/CSS/Examples/boxmodelhack.html

Set the CSS property to the invalid one that works for IE, then
override it in what IE treats as a comment. Standards-compliant
browsers then get their standards-compliant CSS, and IE gets what it
deserves. ;)

-Josh