Which is why I use emacs as my HTML editor and konqueror, Galeon and Mozilla as the test browsers - I'd use the IE that came with my box's Win98, but I can't be bothered with installing it under wine.
konqueror is very strict - if konqueror and Mozilla give the thumbs down to a web page, I know I've got to redo it. Wesley Parish On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 19:33, you wrote: > Hi there, > > David Mann wrote: > > BTW the tutor who taught the DW course I went on last year was of the > > opinion that you should only bother writing for MSIE. And he's done > > pages for several high-profile businesses. > > Sounds like an MS Certified puppet. He might know how to run DW and > Frontpage and all the other 'pro' apps, but could he peruse HTML > syntax in a text editor and know if its gonna work? > > > BTW2 the problem with standards is not only getting the web > > designers/developers to follow them, but also getting the web browsers to > > format the same HTML in a consistent manner. Oh and actually having > > complete standards helps (I never want to use frames again). > > The problem with standards is that M$ don't like not controlling them. > Just look at Javascript..."lets write a slightly compatible thing, call > it JScript, and encourage web authors to use that instead of the real > McCoy", is how M$ went about that one. > > As a result people who want to write dynamic websites often will only > do so for MSIE, which again renders websites slightly differently from > the W3C HTML 4.x Consortium standard. I have seen Javascript code in > M$ sponsored websites that executes a Javascript window.close() upon > detecting a non-MSIE browser... > > I created a CV for myself using strict HTML 4.x/DHTML/CSS/Javascript > on a Windows PC once. I had to make some 'alterations' to the small > Javascripts to get them to work properly with MSIE, but once I got > them working I then had to transfer the CV to my new linux PC. I > found the Javascripts didn't work as expected in Moz/NN, and I had to > change them back to the standard. Guys who use Frontpage or DW will > not know that their software is creating non-strict code, because the > code is automatically generated and therefore mostly hidden from the > end-user (not that any guys who are certified in Frontpage/DW etc will > actually know how the syntax -should- look...) > > It really sucks... > > Kind regards, > > Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch. -- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
