- a) Microsoft Internet
Explorer
-
v3.0x,
on Windows platforms
-
At
the menu selection "View -> Options...", activate selection "Advanced" and checkmark
the box labeled "Use Style Sheets".
It
is possible to add a user stylesheet to the MS IE3.0x family of browsers. Be warned
though that this involves editing the Windows95/NT registry, and anyone not comfortable
with the use of Windows Regedit, should perhaps stay out of this.
Information
on proper procedure can be found here...
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/topics/stylefaq.htm#fourteen
A
warning from the author of this FAQ: Please note that the support for CSS in MSIE3.0x
can at best be described as "rudimentary". Do expect problems in rendering of
documents that are guided by style sheets, while style sheet handling is enabled
in this browser.
(the
style sheet for the Web document containing this FAQ, has not been "optimized"
for use with MSIE3.0x in style sheet enabled mode)
-
v4.0x,
on Windows platforms
-
At
the menu selection "View -> Internet Options..." in the "Preferences" dialog,
select the "General" tab (if it isn't already selected). Activate the "Accessibility"
button and make sure that the first three boxes (labelled "Ignore color on Web
pages", "Ignore font style on Web pages" and "Ignore font sizes on Web pages")
are all UNchecked.
Additionally,
if you want to see backgrounds printed out, go back to the main Internet Options
dialog, select the "Advanced" tab, and scroll down in the list until you see the
option "Print background colors and images". Make sure it's checked.
MSIE4.0x
also has provisions to let the user specify a local stylesheet, to be used to
set a base rendering preference for all viewed pages.
To
set your own user stylesheet, follow the directions above to get into the "Accessibility"
dialog. Once there, check the "Format documents using my style sheet" then use
the "Browse..." button to select your style sheet.
-
v5.0,
on Windows platforms
-
At
the menu selection "Tools -> Internet Options..." select the "General" tab (if
it isn't already selected). Activate the "Accessibility" button and make sure
that the first three boxes (labelled "Ignore colors specified on Web pages", "Ignore
font styles specified on Web pages" and "Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages")
are all UNchecked.
-
v4.0x,
on Macintosh
-
Please
find the menu selection "Edit -> Preferences..." and activate the section "Web
Content" (under "Web Browser"). Checkmark the options "Show Style Sheets", "Allow
page to specify colors" and "Allow page to specify fonts".
(info
on how to set a user stylesheet not know at the moment)
-
v4.5,
on Macintosh
-
Use
the same procedure as for the v4.0x browser.
-
the
v4.0x and v5.0 browsers in general
-
Please
note that Microsoft IE v4.0x and v5.0, on all of its platforms, is very "liberal"
on what CSS it accepts. They most always tries to do "something" with any bogus
code that is thrown at it, leading authors to believe that their CSS code is Ok
and that they have found bugs in other browsers when they in reality do behave
according to specs, and the error is really to be found in the authors own CSS
code.
- b)
Netscape Navigator/Communicator
-
v4.0x
and v4.5x, on Windows platforms
-
These
browsers needs to have both style sheet and JavaScript handling enabled in order
to start interpreting external style sheets.
Please
find the menu selection "Edit -> Preferences...", activate selection "Advanced"
and checkmark the boxes labeled "Enable JavaScript" and "Enable style sheets".
(info
on how to set a user stylesheet not know at the moment)
-
v4.0x
and v4.5x, on Macintosh
-
Use
the same procedure as for the Windows platform.
(info
on how to set a user stylesheet not know at the moment)
-
v4.0x
and v4.5x, on Unix platforms
-
Use
the same procedure as for the Windows platform.
(info
on how to set a user stylesheet not know at the moment)
-
v4.0x
and v4.5x browsers in general
-
Please
note that the support for CSS in Netscape N/C v4.0x, and v4.5x on all of its platforms,
is far from being up to specifications. Do expect problems in rendering of documents
that are guided by style sheets, while style sheet handling is enabled in this
browser.
- c)
Opera v3.5x and v3.6x, on Windows platforms
-
Opera
comes with stylesheet handling enabled by default. Rendering of documents with
or without CSS support is easliy toggled ON/OFF by means of the "Toggle Document
Settings" button that is just to the left of the document address field in each
open document window.
It's
my experience that even better CSS rendering results can be had in Opera if one
takes some time to do a careful configuration of all possible font selections
available in the menu selection "Preferences -> Document Appearance" most especially
the "Generic" fonts should be set to personal preference.
All
details on how to set a user stylesheet is also available in the "Document Appearance"
dialog and its context sensitive help.
Opera's
support for CSS1 comes close to being correct to specs. It still has a few minor
"quirks" but over and all for not overly complex stylesheets it will render CSS
documents in a way that it can be used as a personal "reference" browser for CSS1.
Support
for CSS2 is close to non existant.
