css display differently for different browsers

[dcparham]

Look, i am impressed with all your depth of experience and knowledge and am glad i asked the question. at least i am not the only one spending hours on projects only to gnash my teeth watching different browsers display hard-earned coding differently. first, i decided to use tables since divs seem to splat all over the place for diff browsers and need something stable so my client does not naively but rightly exclaim, "my collegue just told me my webpage looks like junk on his computer!" however, in the interest of progress and practical ideas tell me this: how do i "reset" values so that using divs do not display differently [for diff browsers]? should i flatter you first by telling you all how omnicient you are before asking ---> what i can do to ensure some TD in a table with text that i apply shadowing to, doesn't drift way off the table borders in IE when it looks fine in FF and Safari? OR using divs, do i *reset* values by setting all margin and border values to 0, then assign them what i want to make it all work? *divs are so much simpler in concept - just define the W x H dimensions, and the xy spot for them to appear and VIOLA instant block on the page! - in A particular browser of course."

but i thought TABLES would be [s]TABLE but n-n-nOOO. my one table TD has the TITLE drifted in IE but fine in FF and Safari. client has a MAC so i am partially safe so far but the page must look right in all 3 browsers. she is a yesteryear opera star and she will be remiss if *one* of her fans insults her webpage. therefore, is If-Then scripting for different browsers then assigning different style sheets to their respective browsers, the IDEAL here?

if it is such a challenge, how do you guys handle questions from your clients regarding the differences?