So much this. *phm* <http://phmadore.com>
On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/11/17, Paul B. Gallagher <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I complained about bad browser sniffing at one of my favorite > > websites: > > > >> I've never understood why web designers prefer to waste time writing > >> several custom versions of their code for several different browsers > >> instead of just writing one W3C-compliant version, but whatever. > >> I'll just keep dismissing the useless nag and go on about my life. > > > > tech support wrote back: > > > >> The reason why websites tend not to be W3C-compliant is that while > >> it may be optimal to do so, it is very costly and takes up a lot of > >> resources. > >> > >> Unfortunately, we currently do not have sufficient resources to do > >> so yet. But we'll definitely aim towards improving it and making it > >> more accessible to everyone. > >> > >> Sorry for the inconvenience. If you have any other questions, please > >> let me know! > > > > First time I've heard that one -- it's more expensive to write > > W3C-compliant code than to write several custom versions for supported > > browsers. > > It's probably cheaper to hire three adequate developers than one good one. > > Lee > _______________________________________________ > support-seamonkey mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey > _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
