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now then, I am missing a lot like I could do css and a hell of a load more.... infact all of this extra stuff actualyl makes the code more so if anything, it would take longer to load on people with a poor connection. I know this is a bad excuse, but I am just trying to show that infact some standards are meant to be a standard, and that is all, speed is not actually a issue if you look at the way they are designed,
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CSS is the most important part of designing websites, from several angles.
Proper usage of CSS reduces the the amount of HTML used in a file, makes easier to read documents and helps seperate design from content.
Usually you reduce the bandwidth of a website by using CSS because the CSS file is only called upon once and then cached for use with other pages in the website, like reusing an image on multiple pages - its loaded once from the website, then read from cache there-after.
HTML code can be kept very clean through the use of CSS. It also allows designs to be radically updated without even touching the HTML. It something well worth looking into and working with.
As for the issue of designing websites for a particular webbrowser - I agree that websites should be designed for the widest target audience. Designing and building on features which exist only in IE limits your target audience. Designing browsers that parse incorrect HTML only breeds problems down the line. There are many positive things you can do when designing a website to facilitate accessibility, and if you are a good webdesigner you should advise these things to clients.
There are laws in most western countries about accessibility. As a business (any business in the UK) you must take steps to makes your website accessible to disabled people.
BTW, consider this CSS example as improving efficiency in a HTML document (no external CSS sheet required).
Code:
<style>
p { font-size: 20pt; }
h2 { font-size: 40pt;
</style>
<h2>Joy</h2>
<p>Hello.</p>
<h2>Joy</h2>
<p>Hello.</p>
<h2>Joy</h2>
<p>Hello.</p>
<h2>Joy</h2>
<p>Hello.</p>
compared to:
Code:
<h2><font size="11">Joy</font></h2>
<p><font size="7">Hello.</p>
<h2><font size="11">Joy</font></h2>
<p><font size="7">Hello.</p>
<h2><font size="11">Joy</font></h2>
<p><font size="7">Hello.</p>
<h2><font size="11">Joy</font></h2>
<p><font size="7">Hello.</p>
If you wanted to change the paragraph font size to 10pt, which example would be easiest?
Which example takes up less bytes when uploaded to a website?