do we really need to...

[oo7ml]

Do we really need to use a seperate style sheet for IE6 or other browsers.

e.g - a large multi million dollar site such as facebook has a different style sheet to manage IE6.

Surely with all their money they could employ a top CSS programmer who can create a style sheets that would handle all browsers OR am i completely wrong. Should we all be thinking this way... should we all be creating separate IE6 style sheets or style sheets that are just picked up by other browsers

[KDLA]

Sometimes the "different stylesheet" really isn't a stylesheet, but just one or two adjustment styles applied to a container to fix a float issue. I'm not against this type of thing, but I DO agree that a whole stylesheet shouldn't be created for a specific browser; the design should be more accessible than that.

[oo7ml]

Ok cool, that is what i meant (not an entire stylesheet) but is not possible for CSS expert to make a stylesheet that supports all browsers

[KDLA]

I used to, but there was always some new version of a browser (ummmm, IE....) that would break something. So I always design "forward," and have alternatives for older browsers. It's easier to phase out the older ones, than constantly updating one sheet.

[aj_nsc]

is not possible for CSS expert to make a stylesheet that supports all browsers

Depends more on the layout than anything else. Some layouts you can put together in a single stylesheet, some others there's no possible way. I try most of the time to get it to work with only a single stylesheet - and by try I mean in the final stages of developing the layout I can spend days trying different CSS techniques to get everything to load perfectly in all browsers (a lot of the time it eventually works, but sometimes there's just no way) - but that's more me being anal than a good webdeveloper.

Main point - don't worry if you have to use another stylesheet.

[oo7ml]

Depends more on the layout than anything else. Some layouts you can put together in a single stylesheet, some others there's no possible way. I try most of the time to get it to work with only a single stylesheet - and by try I mean in the final stages of developing the layout I can spend days trying different CSS techniques to get everything to load perfectly in all browsers (a lot of the time it eventually works, but sometimes there's just no way) - but that's more me being anal than a good webdeveloper.

Main point - don't worry if you have to use another stylesheet.

You seem to be a little like me, i really try to get it all in one sheet, i'd love if finally some day there was one way to code a css without having to worry about cross browser compatibility... thanks for the replies guys

[6StringGeek]

You can also use ie conditional comments within the html if you want the element to act differently in ie. I just point to an ie css.

[oo7ml]

You can also use ie conditional comments within the html if you want the element to act differently in ie. I just point to an ie css.

Can you elaborate on this please, thanks in advance

[6StringGeek]

Can you elaborate on this please, thanks in advance

http://www.positioniseverything.net/...s/cc-plus.html

This is an example...