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Web Design in a Nutshell, eMatter Edition

Appendix ECSS Compatability

APPENDIX E

CSS Compatibility

Browser compatibility—or lack thereof—is the biggest obstacle to adoption of
cascading style sheets. This appendix provides a comprehensive guide to how the
browsers have implemented support for CSS. It lists every aspect of the CSS spec
and identifies how well it is supported by Netscape 4, Internet Explorer 3 and
Internet Explorer 4 for both Mac and Windows 95. Check this master list to see if
the CSS elements you want to use are supported by all the browsers—and whether
their support is complete, partial or buggy.

This appendix uses the following key:

The data in this appendix was collected by Eric Meyer, BIO, and updated versions
of this information will appear on style.webreview.com when new browser
versions are released.

Y Yes

NNo

P Partial

B Buggy

Q Quirky

Table E-1: Basic Concepts

Spec Property or Value Windows95 Macintosh

Reference Nav4 IE3 IE4 Nav4 IE3 IE4

1.1 Containment in HTML

LINK

<STYLE type="text/

css">...</STYLE>

@import

<x STYLE="dec;">

P

Y

Y

N

Y

P

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

P

Y

P

Y

Y

N

B

B

B

Y

N

Y

P

P

Y

B

Y

1.2 Grouping

x, y, z {dec;}

Y

Y

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y