Re: [WSG] web standards detection - is it possible?

2005-07-13 Thread Kazuhito Kidachi
2005/7/14, Lachlan Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I seem to recall Doug Bowman saying something similar about the Wired > redesign at Web Essentials last year. He talked the story at @media 2005: http://kurafire.net/articles/atmedia-douglas-bowman BTW, I love his story anyway. -- Kazuhito Kidachi

Re: [WSG] web standards detection - is it possible?

2005-07-13 Thread Lachlan Hardy
russ - maxdesign wrote: I remember the information, as it was a surprising statement, but not the specifics. I seem to recall Doug Bowman saying something similar about the Wired redesign at Web Essentials last year. I've hunted around on the web for a reference, but can't find an article tha

Re: [WSG] web standards detection - is it possible?

2005-07-13 Thread Peter Ottery
>> it may be best if Peter (a list member) confirms or denies this. Peter?   well, hello there :)   re >> "received heaps of feedback"   "heaps" is a stretch. if i said it, i was exaggerating & apologise. but dont sigh & curse yet! theres a better story behind it :)   While its true when we redesig

Re: [WSG] web standards detection - is it possible?

2005-07-13 Thread russ - maxdesign
> Who said it? Who was the company? Do they have any stats available? I remember the information, as it was a surprising statement, but not the specifics. I think the person was Peter Ottery, talking about one of the Fairfax sites. But before anyone quotes this as fact, it may be best if Peter (a

RE: [WSG] web standards detection - is it possible?

2005-07-13 Thread Drake, Ted C.
Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Hucklesby Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:53 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] web standards detection - is it possible? On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:13:40 +1000, russ - maxdesign

Re: [WSG] web standards detection - is it possible?

2005-07-13 Thread David Hucklesby
On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:13:40 +1000, russ - maxdesign wrote: > > ... I heard a presentation the other > day where a major site went to standards and in the process dished > up unstyled pages to NN4. They received heaps of feedback from > people using NN4 thanking them for making the browsing experie

Re: [WSG] web standards detection - is it possible?

2005-07-13 Thread russ - maxdesign
> What I would like to be able to do is detect to see if the user has the > proper support > for web standards and if not redirect them to a version of the site > using old skool junk HTML I'd say this approach is not a good idea. Detecting devices and then running a second version of the site is