Dec
1
2004
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I was in the midst of some late-night coding. Well, not really late-night I guess. Let me rephrase.
It was 10:30pm and I was just getting started with some nighttime coding. I was searching for something, and ended up reading a july 2003 evolt post. In it, PPK describes the difference between CSS Hacks and CSS Filters. I’ve read tons about each, but this is the first time that I really noticed their definitions.
- CSS Hacks
- Techniques and syntax that achieve desired results by exploiting a bug in a particular browsers rendering engine.
- CSS Filters
- Techniques and syntax that achieve desired results by exploiting a feature that a particular browsers rendering engine does not yet support.
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anonymous coward December 16th, 2004 - 9:02 am
Actually, ppk’s post quotes Craig Saila’s explanation of hack vs. filter.
Anyway, I’d hardly call one man’s interpretation a definition!
Nate Koechley December 16th, 2004 - 9:17 am
Thanks for the link.
I don’t mean to say that these are the absolute definitions. Rather, these are definitions that help clarify things in my mind, and that i’ll be basing my thinking on going forward, at least until something better is put forth.
Thanks for the comment!