Comments on: Conditional Comments

By: Dizi

Dizi — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:38:25 +0000

Hi Ami, there are a lot issues with coding for cross compatibility. One tiny little bit of code can make a whole website look wrong in one browser while right in another, so its impossible to pin point your problem without seeing the websites code. If you want me to have a look at it let me know and I’ll see if I can help.

By: Ami

Ami — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:09:32 +0000

Fine, this is for IE, but what about other browsers and their versions. I am having problems in those. Please help. What should i do.

By: Den

Den — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:41:57 +0000

dizi is right conditional statements can be useful, i use them alot in my work as its better to remove things than to hack away at them.

By: Dizi

Dizi — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:52:07 +0000

I think it really depends on the site itself, for example recently I did a site where there was a png that faded from black to transparent, it added nothing but a nice design touch to the website, so rather than use a png hack so that it worked on IE6 I used a conditional comment and just removed it on anything before IE7.

I do agree though that it shouldn’t be relied upon as a quick fix, it should be used to help a site downgrade gracefully if there is no other way to do it and if it is better to use a conditional comment rather than using a hack.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:02:33 +0000

Im not a fan of conditional comments, in fact at work we now have a policy of not using them at all.

Websites can be built quite easily without having to add browser specific code and as developers one of our aims should be to avoid things like this and only use them as a last resort, preferably not at all.

By: target web design

target web design — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:26:35 +0000

great article for browser compatiility, something all programmers should be aware.

By: WebCreationUK

WebCreationUK — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:34:55 +0000

Simple at straight to the object, nice post.