In Summary...
The “power” behind CSSs:
- Create one style sheet and link all the pages you want to carry that style to the style sheet
- When you make changes to the style sheet, the changes apply to all pages which are linked to the style sheet
- Pages have a unified design, changes are less time-consuming, AND all those visually appealing pages are accessible to users browsing with screen readers
The problems with CSSs:
- Currently, no two browsers interpret CSSs the same - the World Wide Web Consortium is working on this with strong recommendations to all web developers, but for now we must work within these confines
- There are also two levels of CSS: CSS1 and CSS2 - CSS1 is the simpler of the two and will yield the best results to date in the browsers. For more information on CSS2, click here.
Future issues with CSSs:
An emerging capability within CSSs is the ability to format text into columns and rows. This capability is not fully supported by any browser at this time, but many efforts are going into this. The obvious benefit is that designers would no longer need to use tables to layout information. Instead, the columns can be achieved through CSSs and disabled users no longer miss out on information because their screen readers will interpret the text properly.
