6News Lawrence (Lawrence, Kansas) has launched a simple, attractive weather site using only CSS for layout. Co-creator Adrian Holovaty's writeup is a must-read:
It's proof (we hope) that relatively complex layouts are possible using CSS techniques that are well-supported right now.
We found it particularly interesting that the creators chose not to include a browser-upgrade message for users of older browsers, citing Richard Rutter's analysis of upgrade messages. After re-reading Rutter's comments, we're second-guessing the browser-upgrade message in use at this site. We find it especially troubling that text-only and mobile browsers -- browsers that may support web standards, but choose not to render CSS for obvious reasons -- will still display our message at the top of every page on our site. This type of discussion, once academic in the United States, becomes increasingly important as new web-capable devices gain popularity.
Holovaty exclaims that "CSS techniques" are "well-supported right now." This may be reason enough to dump the browser-upgrade message that's been a part of our sites since almost as early as we first heard about standards. We haven't done it, yet. But our upgrade message's days are numbered.