Tuesday 29 June 2004

hack errata and alternate ‘tan’ hack

A couple of readers have pointed out an error in my recent Strategies for Hack Management article in which I describe vertical centering when I mean horizontal centering. This is in fact my error. I’ve written the editors to make the correction to the article.

Also, Big John writes that:

“The Tantek hack was superseded almost two years ago by the Tan hack, which is far easier to remember, doesn’t make Nav4 ignore the stylesheet, and is perfectly valid.”

The filters mentioned in the article are even more effective for filtering by browser, by the way. I appreciate the additional information as I’m sure all readers do. But for the sake of clarity, the BMH hack remains in widespread use and validates nowadays as the W3C validator was altered to do so, although many people are of course turning to alternatives.

The bottom line is that there’s more than one way to hack at CSS, and just because someone has a given preference or specific use, doesn’t make using an approach necessarily out of date or wrong. That we even have such options is a saving grace.

Filed under:   standards
Posted by:   site admin | 4:55 am |

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