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Stokely IE 5 Hack #1 : If you see a background color behind this text, you are using Internet Explorer 5 for PC
Stokely IE 5 Hack #2 : If you see a background color behind this text, you are using Internet Explorer 5 for PC
Stokely IE 5 Hack #3 : If you see a background color behind this text, you are using Internet Explorer 5 for PC
> html .test1 {
background-color:#ccccff;
}
+ html .test2 {
background-color:#cccc33;
}
html + html .test3 {
background-color:#cccc33;
}
Everyone who has worked with Cascading Styles Sheets knows of the Internet Explorer 5.0-5.5 issues, and how to address them. Two of the major issues with IE 5.0 and 5.5 for PC are the applying a width to a box element, like div, then adding padding or border values, that those values are incorrectly integrated into the width of the box. All newer agents dont do that. IE 5.0 and 5.5 for PC also start their medium or default font size one size bigger, so that their font set is larger. Most people are using the Tantek Celic Hack to fix these, which is very good. I have found a couple very simple and much cleaner ways of addressing just the Internet Explorer 5.0 browser. I call these the Stokely IE5.0 Hacks. I know they are not seen by IE 6 with a full doctype, IE 5.5, or Mozilla, Firefox,or Opera 7.5. You might have to test these on your Mac versions or other browsers to verify. But should work only in IE 5.0 for PC. Note: After some testing I found that because this hack seems to only affect Interbnet Explorer 5.0 and not Internet Explorer 5.5, which has the same issues, its not very useful. So, go back and use the Tantek hack instead. However, because Internet Explorer 5.0 may have some differences from IE 5.5, it may be a nice hack to sue for specialized reasons, much like my "Blue Rider" hack only works in Netscape 6-7.1 and does not seem to affect 7.2 and later (same affect for the versions of Mozilla built into those engines) - Mitchell Stokely, USA
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