Hi guys,
I have been having some serious issues with firefox & opera’s lack of support for the CSS styling of HTML5 elements.
In short, my issue is that non-webkit browsers do not support the styling of html5 elements. However all modern-browsers support using id’s and classes to identify html4 elements and then using the css to style those.
I want my site to be written in as much html 5 as possible though. The main problem is with my head, which parts of it disappear because of the lack of html5 styling support.
I posted this thread in the css forum, hoping that I can get some innovative solution to fix this so I do not have to do what is below:
Hopefully it doesnt come to this, but Is there a script someone could help me write that would redirect firefox and opera users to a different page with parts written in html4 so that my site appears how it is supposed to.
I would really appreciate it if someone can help me write this script.
Please reply or contact me with any questions, comments, concerns, or solutions
I have to say it…if you are having to do this then you should not be currently doing what you are doing right now. Can it be done? Sure. Is it reliable? No. You are better off not using HTML5 for any production systems until you fully understand the implications of it. Using it just to use it is wrong on so many levels.
I don’t intend using html5 until it is fully supported in the major browsers I support.
Unless there is something in html5 that cannot possibly be done using html4 then I don’t see in any point in going to html 5 until, as I say above, it is fully supported by the major browser manufacturers.
After all, the “average” visitor to a web page is unlikely to know, let alone care, whether the page is written in html4 or html5.
But to answer your question - there are many client and server side scripts on the www that detect browsers and versions you could use.
You are right.
Thank you for helping me realise this and the ony reason I was acting like noob was because I was freaking out before firefox never usually gives me problems.
I have been interested in writing a script that redirects users for a long time however, I understnad that while I know how to sue html 5 improperly, I should not be using it when I am not using it properly.
Thank you.
If you wish to delete this post the please do so. Unless you feel it will serve as a reference to others who have thought about a script that would do the same.
