media types

[chlori]

Is there a reliable way to use different stylesheets
for different "media types" (screen, mobile phone, print)?

I found this:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/media.html
but how well is it supported by screens, phones,
printers...?

Are there any disadvantages when using media="blah"?

chlori

 

[Toby Inkster]

I found this:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/media.html
but how well is it supported by screens, phones,
printers...?

media="screen" is supported by practically every CSS browser that runs on
a standard desktop computer, as is media="print".

media="all" is supported pretty much everywhere, with the noteworthy
exception of Netscape 4.x.

media="projection" is used by Opera in fullscreen mode.

Opera in small-screen mode, and Opera for PDAs as well as a few other PDA
browsers use media="handheld"

Opera 7.x also experimentally supports CSS 3 media queries.

 

[chlori]

Toby Inkster schrieb am 24.11.2004 22:13:

Opera in small-screen mode, and Opera for PDAs as well as a few other PDA
browsers use media="handheld"

Thanks

But how well is media="handheld" supported by
handhelds. Isn't that at least as important as Opera in
small-screen mode?

chlori

 

[Toby Inkster]

Toby Inkster schrieb am 24.11.2004 22:13:


But how well is media="handheld" supported by handhelds. Isn't that at
least as important as Opera in small-screen mode?

Most handheld browsers have two modes: screen and handheld. The user can
toggle between them in the hope of getting the best results for each page.

From my research...

=======================================================================
BROWSER SCREEN MODE HANDHELD MODE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Opera for Symbian Uses "screen" CSS. Uses "handheld" CSS.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Symbian Browser Does not support CSS. Does not support CSS.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pocket Explorer 2002 Uses "screen" CSS. Uses "screen" CSS.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pocket Explorer 2003 Uses "screen" CSS. Uses "handheld" CSS.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NetFront ver 3.1 Uses "screen" CSS. Uses "handheld" CSS.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
OpenWave 6.1 Does not support CSS? Does not support CSS?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Palm Web Pro 3 Does not support CSS? Does not support CSS?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Blazer 3 Uses "screen" CSS. Uses "handheld" CSS.
=======================================================================

.... but there doesn't seem to be a reliable source of information on this
sort of thing.

 

[mscir]

Toby Inkster wrote:

From my research...

=======================================================================
BROWSER SCREEN MODE HANDHELD MODE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Opera for Symbian Uses "screen" CSS. Uses "handheld" CSS.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Symbian Browser Does not support CSS. Does not support CSS.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pocket Explorer 2002 Uses "screen" CSS. Uses "screen" CSS.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pocket Explorer 2003 Uses "screen" CSS. Uses "handheld" CSS.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NetFront ver 3.1 Uses "screen" CSS. Uses "handheld" CSS.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
OpenWave 6.1 Does not support CSS? Does not support CSS?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Palm Web Pro 3 Does not support CSS? Does not support CSS?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Blazer 3 Uses "screen" CSS. Uses "handheld" CSS.
=======================================================================

... but there doesn't seem to be a reliable source of information on this
sort of thing.

I don't know if this site will be any help:

http://www.codestyle.org/css/media/handheld-BrowserSummary.shtml
http://www.codestyle.org/css/media/screen-BrowserSummary.shtml
http://www.codestyle.org/css/media/print-BrowserSummary.shtml
http://www.codestyle.org/css/media/projection-BrowserSummary.shtml

 

[Toby Inkster]

http://www.codestyle.org/css/media/handheld-BrowserSummary.shtml

Phil's page is about desktop browsers and whether they implement the
"handheld" media type. (They shouldn't, unless they have a special
handheld emulation mode, as Opera does. By and large they do what they
should.)

 

[kchayka]

=======================================================================
BROWSER SCREEN MODE HANDHELD MODE

A couple years ago I used an OpenWave 6.1 simulator for Palm 5.0, which
did support screen media. The simulator had no handheld mode, just
something that turned CSS off altogether.