CSS2 replacement for Strict XHTML ordered list properties

"start" and "type" attributes

[bill]

I am working on a site that makes heavy use of ordered lists. To my dismay the start and type attributes have been depreciated in Strict XHTML 1.0 and 1.1. Fortunately there seem to be some CSS properties: counter-reset and counter-increment I found here:

[w3.org...]

Is this a good cross-browser solution? It seems a bit awkward compared to the method I'm used to. Are any of you using this?

[encyclo]

I haven't done much testing on this, but I believe that browser support for this, like most of the "generated content" part of the specification is wavering between patchy and non-existant. It looks like XHTML 1.0 Transitional and the start attribute is by far your best option at this point.

[bill]

That's the impression I'm getting from researching this around the web. It seems that a Transitional DTD will eliminate a lot of hacking.