Chapter 8. Hacks and Filters
In an ideal world, properly coded CSS would work in every browser with CSS support. Unfortunately, we do not live in an ideal world, and browsers are littered with bugs and inconsistencies. To create pages that displayed the same across a variety of browsers, CSS developers had to get creative. By using bugs and unimplemented CSS, developers were able to selectively apply different rules to different browsers. Hacks and filters are a powerful weapon in a CSS developer's arsenal. However, with great power comes great responsibility. It is important to know about the various common hacks and how they work, but it is equally important to know when and when not to use them.
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