Comments on: Quick Tip: Combine IE6 & IE7 style sheets into one CSS file

By: Ryan Roberts

Ryan Roberts — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:39:29 +0000

I’m not so sure about that, I have plenty of experience with IE yet there are still bugs in the browser you can’t avoid. For example if I float an element and give it a left/right margin IE6 will double that margin. Should I change the design just because IE is rendering it wrong? I don’t think so.

So long as it’s done well as you say you’ll get fewer issues, but if there are problems with IE then a conditional comment is the ideal solution rather than changing the design.

Design/Code for the web not for the browser ;)

By: daulex

daulex — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:04:27 +0000

Good advice, but if you’re good, you won’t need ie-specific style sheets.

So maybe, instead of thinking what to do, to ease the integration of the style sheets, you should spend time thinking why exactly you need them.

By: KonstantinMiller

KonstantinMiller — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:05:02 +0000

Hello, can you please post some more information on this topic? I would like to read more.

By: Ryan Roberts

Ryan Roberts — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:20:15 +0000

Heh yeah, I hadn’t noticed gte before so that could come in handy!

On an unrelated note, I wish I could find out why my details are no remembered for comment on my own blog. Every time I have to fill out the above info!

Is this the same for you and others on here?

By: JohnONolan

JohnONolan — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:06:11 +0000

ah, it would appear that you’re completely right - lte is lower than, gte is greater than - you learn something new every day :)

By: JohnONolan

JohnONolan — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:03:10 +0000

It stripped my code, haha

One question - ” if lte ie7 ”

Should it be ” if lte ie6 ”

By: Ryan Roberts

Ryan Roberts — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:02:37 +0000

I’m pretty sure that’s lower than not later than.

By: JohnONolan

JohnONolan — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:00:14 +0000

One question - “” means, “If the browser is Later Than or Equal to IE 7

By this logic, the stylesheet contained within those comments would only be loaded by IE7 or above. I understand how the CSS selectors work, but how does IE6 get to the stylesheet in the first place?

Should it be