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Nicole Sullivan  
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From: Nicole Sullivan <nic...@stubbornella.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 03:15:54 +0100
Local: Sun, Nov 8 2009 9:15 pm
Subject: Re: OOCSS Validation
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Hi Murray,

I've written up my reasons for choosing the _ and * hacks over other  
options. You can check that out here.

http://wiki.github.com/stubbornella/oocss/faq#hacks

Cheers,
Nicole

On Nov 8, 2009, at 11:36 PM, Murray wrote:

> I've been asked to provide a solid reason why my css doesn't validate
> and I wanted other opinions on this.

> Using the conditional comment method, to provide older browsers with
> the correct styles, makes maintainance, and cascading styles more
> difficult to manage.

> w3c blog has this to say about their oocss site [http://www.w3.org/
> Help/about-redesign#limitations]:
> "Because of known interoperability issues, we have accepted to use CSS
> that does not validate with the CSS validator. Over time we hope to
> evolve towards valid CSS."

> http://www.webstandards.govt.nz/technical/, only has this to say about
> stylesheets:
> "Stylesheets. Sites must work properly (be navigable, present
> information intelligibly) with stylesheets disabled."

> It doesn't say that the css must validate, it just says that the site
> must work correctly without css.

> I can't find any mention of css validation in the WCAG2.0 (AA)
> Guidelines either.

> What is our stance on css validation?

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Nicole Sullivan

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