CHAPTER 1How to Use the Plug-ins

Because CSS is supported by all major browsers, you might think that using it is as easy as having a text editor and a web browser. Well, you could get by with just those, but there’s actually a lot more to it if you want to produce pages that display to their best on all major browsers.

First of all, although CSS is available on almost all web browsers, it varies slightly between them in the way certain features are implemented, including differing amounts of spacing around elements, and even sizes of elements. This means you need to be able to test your web pages on all the main browsers to ensure they display well in all cases.

Therefore, if you use Mac OS X or another operating system such as Linux, you really ...

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