Conditional CSS

Mr.Orb · 13 May 2007 at 14:02

I know its possible to tell certain browsers use certain css files, but is it possible for windows computers to read one css file and mac computers to read a different css?

The reason i'm asking is the site i'm working on fonts appear a bit heavier on the mac then on the computer (I have no idea why).

JonB · 13 May 2007 at 14:08

It's to do with helvetica or some such. The graphics guy at work explained it to much, but i've forgotten now. As for different .css files. Try some condition HTML.

http://www.quirksmode.org/css/condcom.html

Jaffa_Cake · 13 May 2007 at 14:36

You could use PHP to output the right stylesheet in the header.

One of the HTTP headers sent by my browser is

Code:

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

This tells you their OS, and using PHP you could tell what OS they are using, asuming their browser sends the right headers.

Amp34 · 15 May 2007 at 14:10

JonB said:
It's to do with helvetica or some such. The graphics guy at work explained it to much, but i've forgotten now. As for different .css files. Try some condition HTML.

http://www.quirksmode.org/css/condcom.html

The problem with that (well the problem I have with it) is that you cant use templates on your site which is a bit annoying if you want to change a small bit of each page to say the least.

There may be a fix to this (if so please tell me!)