[WSG] working solutions - was [Rounded Corners]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob, I know that you didn't intend any offence, and I appreciate that I did not give the answer that the poster was hoping for, but do I need to remind everyone of the title of this forum? As long as we fail to implement existing standards such as border-radius, IE can legitimately say there is no need for them to support it. Developing a hack (however elegant) is not _promoting_ web standards, semantic mark-up, or accessibility. Mike Hi Mike, I'm glad you noticed the smiley! I hear, respect, and agree with what you're saying (in principle), but at the same time the members of this forum aren't pure academics, or working in a vacuum. Many are real day to day, bread and butter, web designers. Getting a 'working job' done is often the most important factor in deciding which way to code/markup. I see the function of this group as providing a forum where we can all share knowledge and encourage the use of standards/semantic markup etc. BUT, often this cannot be at the expense of a real working solution. An 'existing standard' may be interesting (and usually is), but it's no use in the real world if it doesn't work for the majority of users. just my 2p's worth. -- Best Regards, Bob McClelland Cornwall (UK) www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] working solutions - was [Rounded Corners]
That is exactly what I think. I wish (as anyone) that every browser
was standards compliant, but they aren´t. And sometimes we ('common'
developers) weigh heavier non standards or purely accesible solutions,
knowing that 95% of the visitors uses x configuration and that the
site work there, althoug not for the fifth percent of y users. Hate
to say it, hate to do it, but it´s the way I think it works by now...
Regards;
Eugenio.
On 7/25/06, Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I hear, respect, and agree with what you're saying (in principle), but
at the same time the members of this forum aren't pure academics, or
working in a vacuum. Many are real day to day, bread and butter, web
designers. Getting a 'working job' done is often the most important
factor in deciding which way to code/markup.
I see the function of this group as providing a forum where we can all
share knowledge and encourage the use of standards/semantic markup etc.
BUT, often this cannot be at the expense of a real working solution.
An 'existing standard' may be interesting (and usually is), but it's no
use in the real world if it doesn't work for the majority of users.
just my 2p's worth.
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