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despite my mistake :P On 9/26/06, Michael Mortimore <nospamformike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > or don't bother with any of the eye-candy? I'm sure that > > <h1>This is a simple page</h1> > <body> > hello this is a simple page. > </body> > > will display well enough on any browser. > > I'd much rather someone spent the time making a site > interesting/useful than pretty. > > On 9/26/06, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > paul sutton wrote: > > > > > > am I correct here, and also correct in thinking that IE is MS standards > > > complient rather than fully W3c standards complient. > > > > Very little software ever complies with relevant standards when those > > standards are as complex as the CSS 2.1 standards. > > > > IE conforms with less than Firefox as there has been virtually no > > development (unless you count twiddling with ActiveX kill bits, and > > fixing buffer overflows) for half a decade (excepting stuff not yet in > > wide use). > > > > However there are some bits of the CSS standards that IE implements and > > Firefox doesn't (okay obscure bits but we hit one, I suspect IE may not > > have it right, but at least it tried), and bits that neither Firefox nor > > IE get right. > > > > IE gets harsh press in part since people assume not complying with the > > standards is some sort of MS policy. > > > > So the method is write to standards, and hack for the most common > > browsers and rendering engines (which will depend on how much time or > > have), whatever those browsers may be. And it will likely stay that way > > forever, even if the most common browser selection changes. > > > > -- > > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html