And it came to pass that Geoff wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 20:46:58 +0000, Albert wrote: > >> Geoff wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>This post is *not* a complaint. I have nothing but >>>admiration and gratitude for the developers of moz, galeon, >>>and opera, all of which I use. I am not a fluent >>>programmer and I do not pretend to understand javascript. I >>>would, however, be really grateful if someone could >>>explain, in terms I have a chance of understanding, why it >>>is that so many sites (especially commercial sites), can be >>>viewed without problems in my clunky old Netscape 4.76, but >>>throw up (in particular), javascript errors or otherwise >>>fail to render properly in any of the more recent browsers >>>I have mentioned? I understand that opera has its own >>>design and problems, but could not the core functionality >>>of Netscape 4 have been carried over into moz? >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>>Geoff >>> >> Not if the core functionality of Netscape 4 was the >> *reason* these pages choke =] Standards compliance is why >> Moz doesn't like some of these pages, and the coders aren't >> doing a good job of updating the pages to fit >> standards-based browsers better. >> > Thanks both to Jonas and to you Albert. As I said, I was > looking for an explanation, not making a criticism, and that > holds good. Even so, and speaking as someone who has > invested much time and effort in ridding his business of M$ > products, I am left wondering about the ability of the open > source community to win this particular standards battle. I > send emails complaining to the webmasters of sites that > require Ie, and if I understood the technicalities better, I > would complain about any non-standards-compliant features I > detected. I just don't get the impression that we are > having any impact at all here, and it is very depressing > when one gives demonstrations of open source systems only to > find that the browsers are (in my personal and maybe > untypical experience), very likely to choke on many of the > sites that I need to take people to. >
Most reputable companies will take action, especially when you point them to the actual validator results. You can do your own validations at: http://validator.w3.org/ -- }:-) Christopher Jahn {:-( Dionysian Reveler Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. To reply: xjahnATyahooDOTcom
