Multiple CSS downloads with the @import rule?

[Dave Higgins]

When the @import rule is used in the html markup to hide advanced css
from older browsers, is that css downloaded with every page from a
site? (which would be redundant)

Or is it different if you link to, say, simple.css, which then
"@imports" advanced.css?

How can I reduce the bandwidth load (i.e. client get the css from the
client cache) or is it not an option with @import?

TIA

Dave Higgins

[Steve Pugh]

go****@higginsnet.com (Dave Higgins) wrote:

When the @import rule is used in the html markup to hide advanced css
from older browsers, is that css downloaded with every page from a
site? (which would be redundant)
No it can be cached, same as any other file.
Or is it different if you link to, say, simple.css, which then
"@imports" advanced.css?
They can both be cached.
How can I reduce the bandwidth load (i.e. client get the css from the
client cache) or is it not an option with @import?

Nothing you need to do, normally. If your server is sending out http
headers with .css files that discourage caching then that would be a
problem.

Steve

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[Stephen Poley]

On 20 Jan 2004 00:22:25 -0800, go****@higginsnet.com (Dave Higgins)
wrote:

When the @import rule is used in the html markup to hide advanced css
from older browsers, is that css downloaded with every page from a
site? (which would be redundant)

No. In fact I make use of that to determine what percentage of my
visitors are using older browsers, based on the site logs. (Still around
3%).

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Stephen Poley

http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/