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Revision: 34536
at October 24, 2010 10:02 by alozuldo
Initial Code 
div {
  background-color: #999; /* all browsers */
  *background-color: #ccc; /* add a * before the property - IE7 and below */
  _background-color: #000; /* add a _ before the property - IE6 and below */
}
Initial URL 
http://sixrevisions.com/css/10-random-css-tricks-you-might-want-to-know-about/
Initial Description 
The code below will change the background-color of divs depending on what browser the user is viewing the web page under. Since * cascades down to IE7 and below, we use _ after that declaration so that IE6 (and below) has a different background color from IE7.
Initial Title 
Target IE6 and IE7 Browsers without Conditional Comments
Initial Tags 
css, browser, ie6
Initial Language 
CSS