Safari (was Re: Religious wars (was: Re: thread policy))

[William T Goodall]

On 21 May 2008, at 18:08, Dave Land wrote:

>
> I don't use Safari much, because Web sites viewed on it look like Web
> sites viewed on Safari, not like the designer necessarily intended,
> which is important to me because my living is based on browsers just
> rendering _correctly_ and not having their own damn opinions. Apple
> steadfastly insists that form elements must be rendered as Mac OS X
> controls, which completely ruin the look of some Web pages.

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/05/08/safari-3-allows-styled-form-controls/

"Hopefully everyone can now be happy: Safari 3 allows web designers to  
style form controls with CSS.

The results are pictured: instead of a glossy, Aqua-like control,  
Safari displays a matte-finish control in the color and size of your  
choosing. You can even apply background images to form controls.

If you don't apply styles to your controls, then Safari retains the  
Aqua look.

This shouldn't require any changes to code that's already written for  
other browsers: Safari 3 should pick right up on the formatting, and  
display it as the designer intended. "

Ugly Maru

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