Comments on: Internet Explorer Doesn’t Evaluate Any More Than 31 Style Elements

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By: engfer

engfer — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:20:29 +0000

The point of this article was NOT “hey, you should use 30 or more stylesheets!!!”.

The point was that the problem exists out there, and there may be circumstances where it may happen.

Workarounds are not complete solutions! Workarounds are meant to temporarily fix the problem while you take the time to find the correct solution. I guess I should have stated that…

Paul Davis has the most proper complete solution. Stick a servlet in the response pipeline that filters the style tags into a single style tag. This method combined with sticking CSS in fewer style tags and external stylesheets will be your best bet.

By: John Serdy

John Serdy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:11:27 +0000

> 31 style calls is insane.

The web is insane! What if you are working on a complex information site with lots of advertising on it, and all the ads have their own style sheets?

By: Thiago Souza

Thiago Souza — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:32:49 +0000

This problem may raise when you’re using component-oriented javascript development and a component instance does not do proper clean up upon it’s destruction. (i.e. ExtJS 1.x grid)

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By: jive

jive — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:57:58 +0000

Using 31 style calls is insane. Why not put your CSS in some PHP script that checks to see what you really need and then dump it out all at once in 1 STYLE tag rather than in several?

By: Thiago Souza

Thiago Souza — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:42:26 +0000

Why 31? Simple, 42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything else. 42 – 31 = 11 and according to Aeon Flux movie in the year 2011, 99% of the humanity will be wiped out because of a deadly virus, so Microsoft is warning you!

By: Wade Wilson

Wade Wilson — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:23:46 +0000

Seriously,why 31 elements?

By: Paul Davis

Paul Davis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:55:03 +0000

The workaround would be to create a servlet filter to strip them all out and condense to a single style element.

It’s a pretty small amount of work.

Good luck

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:59:20 +0000

bad bug to have but if you are putting that many style tags in your head tag then you should uninstall the al mighty dreamweaver and switch to a text editor. See how much you like to write those style tags then.