CSS and Browser Support
While XHTML and CSS are a powerful combination, there is one small wrench that has continued to plague Web designers: browser support. While it didn’t seem to be much of a problem to add extensions willy-nilly, when it comes down to serious, full support of the specifications, no browser has yet been up to the task. However, it’s important to note that they’ve come a long way.
Netscape 6, completely reformed from its extension-madness days, now boasts good CSS support. Too bad its user base is down to less than 1 percent. Firefox 1.5, the Open Source dynamo which rose from the ashes of Netscape’s demise (and was even called Phoenix and Firebird early in its history), has excellent CSS support as does Opera 9, whose user ...
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