What is better: CSS hacks or browser detection?

Question

Commonly when I look around the Internet, I find that people are generally using CSS hacks to make their website look the same in all browsers. Personally, I have found this

Answer 1

CSS hacks are not the way to go because browsers are updated all the time, and new updates may break your hacks, while with Javascript browser detection, you can accurately confirm the capabilities of the browser. However, another option is to use minimal CSS as to make sure that everything is working in all situations. JQuery and other javascript libraries that are for the UI have built-in detection as to the capabilities of browsers, so you should check those out.