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In my last article I wrote about how to control IE and really take advantage of css.

The web is looking brighter ahead.  With the departure of ie6 (eventually), the introduction of advanced css techniques with css3, and full support for transparent pngs, web design will be even more exciting than it has ever been. With a lot of limitations gone, perhaps it will become a ever-more-popular field of study for the next generation of designers.

Welcoming IE8

Enough headaches. IE6 will thankfully be something we will no long have to worry about. With IE6 finally gone we can finally do some cool things with png’s, not to mention make development time for css much more smoother.

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I know all of this has been written before, but this post has the best of the best in combating the ie6 and ie7 css issues.

Hate IE6?

I found an article that explains that this line of code can crash ie6:

< style >*{position:relative}< /style >< table >< input >< /table >

I have not tried this out. But I have one question: What in the hell was this guy doing to discover this? Either some really bad code or his page was fragmented some how.

How can I make IE6 behave like a normal Browser?

Enter Dean Edward’s IE7.js

This lightweight javascript library forces internet explorer 6 to accept a number of css selectors that standards-compliant browser allow.

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I created a list of the best web design, development, and management books out there. No particular order of importance was assigned to these. I own all of these except Jason Beard’s Principles of Beautiful Web Design. His book is more for developer’s looking for help on aesthetics of websites. Anyone working freelance, I highly recommend Freelance Switch’s How to be a Rockstar Freelancer. As for CSS, nothing compares to CSS Mastery. Site Point’s Ultimate CSS Reference is a handy book to have for any web development team.

1. CSS Mastery (February 2006)
2. The Principles Of Project Management (March 2008)
3. Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning (September 2006)
4. The Principles of Beautiful Web Design (March 2007)
5. The Ultimate CSS Reference (February 2008)
6. How to be a Rockstar Freelancer (February 2008)
7. DOM Scripting (September 2005)
8. Web Design and Marketing Solutions for Business Websites (August 2007)
9. Web Standards Creativity (March 2007)
10. Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design (November 2006)