“Browser Control” can be one of the toughest and most frustrating aspects of building a website with CSS.  The good news is it doesn’t have to be. Using the right tools and knowing what to avoid, your life can much easier building cross browser compatible websites.

This will be the first of a two part series about “Browser Control” using CSS.  Can every aspect be covered in a two part series? No, but what I will cover in this series are some simple tips and tools that will dramatically reduce your intake of Advil for those brutal headaches that some browsers cause (I won’t name names).

The first part will discuss the universal selector tool.  It is simple to use, takes about 10 seconds to implement in your style sheets and creates an even playing field when it comes to elements in your html document.

Here it is:

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Being fairly new to the web industry, I am always curious about how others, especially those who have been in it a while, feel about there careers, growth opportunities, and also the big questions; What are the salary potentials are in terms of web designers, developers, programmers?  What are the demographic trends? What jobs are saturated?  What are peoples skill level? Where do I fit in?

This types of information can be extremely valuable in determining which direction you want to take as the web world is a big one.

A List Apart has developed a survey asking those types of questions.  This types of surveys are great for us web designers, developers, and programmers to mobilize to make our industry the very best it can.

You can read the findings of the 2007 results of the A List Apart survey here