Comments on: Media attribute – what have you done for me lately?

By: Blog Surfer » Media attribute - what have you done for me lately?

Blog Surfer » Media attribute - what have you done for me lately? — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:20:39 +0000

[...] Media attribute – what have you done for me lately? I’ve been thinking for a while about the media attribute on link tags. Some people might find that thinking deep thoughts about HTML attributes is kind of strange, but I know you, my dear readers, know the feeling An example, just so I know we’re on the same page: [...]

By: CSS3 Media queries instead of the media attribute - Friendly Bit

CSS3 Media queries instead of the media attribute - Friendly Bit — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:21:56 +0000

[...] my previous post about the media attribute I talked about how strange the media attribute is, and that its usefulness isn’t that [...]

By: Emil Stenström

Emil Stenström — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:45:12 +0000

@Andreas: As I wrote, “Sure, you might be able to use it for print with good results, but that’s not all it’s there for.”

@Antoine: Yes, it’s really a challenge to make that work well.

By: Antoine of MMM/Brighthand

Antoine of MMM/Brighthand — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:38:50 +0000

You make a slew of good points but i’d like to throw another out there. If one does use the @media handheld they coyld also be taking the position that they can create a page with relevant enough content and navigibility for mobiles but still have design and content relative to larger screens. This what what I personally try on my personal site. and I think that challenge of designing for two media types is good for growth.

By: Andreas Ehn

Andreas Ehn — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:03:59 +0000

For Wikipedia, though, having a style sheet for print media works really well.

By: lewis litanzios

lewis litanzios — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:25:30 +0000

ahh, this is quite relevant as i’m building an analytics system for logging site traffic this week. until now i didn’t know what user agent strings were. nice one; i’m glad i commented now :)

still… for someone less into server-stuff there is no other option but to use the media attribute, i take it?

i must admit i don’t have every type of media end product (for the list: http://tinyurl.com/7llod) to experiment with so half the time i just take it for granted that it will work – relying on standards to automate the leg work. not every client asks for their site to work on x end mediums though – how do you factor in this aspect in your projects, or do you treat it arbitrarily?

By: Emil Stenström

Emil Stenström — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:52:46 +0000

@lewis: I don’t advocate anything, very diplomatic, right? ;) Now, one way not to use the media attribute is to detect the browser on the User-agent string, and send then off to a custom page. You still need to do that to customize your content…

By: lewis

lewis — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:43:21 +0000

hey emil,

‘If you build a web development blog, you use an image of blueish sky’ – lol, so true (not good). hope you’re well.

so let me get this straight; are you advocating [no] media attributes whatsoever, or separate, conditional, styles aimed at specific browsers/hardware?

without using the media attribute i don’t think i know of a way to specify a stylesheet for a device outright? – shed some light?

By: Trennung von Präsentation und Inhalt

Trennung von Präsentation und Inhalt — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:45:53 +0000

[...] von Präsentation und InhaltMon, 29 Oct 2007 09:42:34 GMTEmil Stenström hat da einen interessanten Artikel über das media Attribut in html. Im Wesentlichen geht es dabei darum, bestimmte CSS-Stylesheets [...]