
The dConstruct 2010 website in Safari on a desktop computer To see an example of this in practice, the UK web conference dConstruct has just launched their website for the 2010 conference and this uses media queries to great effect. For example, detecting that the user has a small device like a smart phone of some description and giving them a specific layout. If the user has a browser that supports media queries then we can write CSS specifically for certain situations.
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However, it doesn’t matter as one of the most useful places for this module is somewhere that does have a lot of support - small devices such as the iPhone, and Android devices. This article will demonstrate a technique that uses part of CSS3 that is also unsupported by Internet Explorer 8. We are excited about the possibilities that CSS3 brings, and the problems it will solve, but also frustrated by the lack of support in Internet Explorer 8. Rachel Andrew has written another article on the current state of media queries for responsive design that includes updated and more relevant information on this topic.ĬSS3 continues to both excite and frustrate web designers and developers. However, it doesn’t matter as one of the most useful places for this module is somewhere that does have a lot of support - small devices such as the iPhone, and Android devices.Įditor’s Note: Please note that this article was published in 2010 and is outdated. _::-webkit-full-page-media, _:future, :root. Here is one for Safari 7.1 and newer: /* Safari 7.1+ */
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Such is the nature of a hack and does require the extra work of either including an external unfiltered CSS file or code block afterward.įor 9 specifically, I have been working on a page for that, so – rather than retype the same code, go here for hacks to affect Safari 9 (including a hack for iOS only now): My Safari 9 CSS Hacks To use them anyway, in many cases you must use your filter first, then apply the hack afterward. Please be aware that these are hacks, and some of them are truly non-standard CSS code (which is why only some browsers are affected by them) and will not filter through SASS or other compilers or filters because they try to remove the non-standard data or convert to cross-browser form which completely destroys what we are trying to do here. That out of the way here are hacks for you to use for more recent versions of Safari. It uses Safari hacks not the Chrome ones. Please note: if you are using Chrome on iOS (at least in versions 6.1-9) and you wonder why none of the hacks seem to be separating Chrome from Safari, it is because the iOS version of Chrome is using the Safari engine. Safari has changed since version 6.1, as many have noticed. UPDATED for Safari 10.1 (Late March 2017 Update) Please read here first: Then check my and also where I sent new hacks and test submissions for the site. Please enjoy, I have been working on them for years. These are my legal CSS Hacks for fixing web browser quirks or outright bugs.
