__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Wednesday 27 September 2006 04:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:02:46 +0100
> <3520459.8WpiIgeWHM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Wednesday 27 September 2006 02:00 \__
>>
>>> Yep, ran into another one. This one's not security-related but
>>> it is annoying.
>>>
>>> Objective: candy-color-coated text for local Engineering bugs, as I
>>> test a product of ours. Logical enough, using fairly basic
>>> HTML with CSS, since I'm a touch typist. For example:
>>>
>>> <li class='p1'>CRASH BANG TINKLE!</li>
>>>
>>> for a level 1 problem, with CSS in a local <style>:
>>>
>>> .p1 { color: ... }
>>> .p1:before { content: 'Priority 1 BUG:'; background-color=#ff0000;
>>> color=#ffffff; }
>>>
>>> Guess which browser had a problem with this construct?
>>>
>>> I was able to engineer a rather ugly workaround by using XML and
>>> XSL, and ultimately decided to make it more general, but really,
>>> the stupidity of having to do this because IE can't seem to
>>> figure out :before should be embarrassing to Microsoft.
>>>
>>> Argh!
>>
>>:before and :after don't work in IE. It's utterly broken when it comes to
>> supporting CSS. Even Netscape and old versions of Moz have support for
>> these fundamental things. Preventing and avoiding site tests with IE is
>> the path to the bliss of ingorance. Sadly, IE is the ignorant one.
>
> How much did you want to wager that a certain poster
> (initials one after RM) here will say that IE is doing
> this correctly? :-)
I'll sell short. I'll wager you minus one billion US dollars. Deal or no
deal?
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