Carlfish wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 09:38:21 +0200, Bernd Khalil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> somehow managed to type:
>
>
>>Uses documents.layers (look at the page source). That's not part of the
>>official DOM-Specs by the W3C. Nobody should use it.
>>Vice versa: NS4 and IE do it *wrong*.
>>
>
> Saying someone is "wrong" for using a different standard isn't really
> justified.
In this case, they've used no standard at all, since each browser of the
4.x generation had its own unique APIs.
> W3C DOM was written by a standards body. The standard is several years
> old, and has been largely ignored by everyone but the Mozilla project,
> whose browser is still in beta.
Actually, nearly all MSIE users have a version that supports the W3C DOM
equivalents of the IE DOM functionality.
> I personally think the W3C should be taken to task for not
> amending a standard that breaks so markedly from what is obviously
> standard practice amongst web designers.
The W3C used IE DOM as the basis of its specification. They changed the
parts that had significant technical deficiencies.
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