Matt wrote: > If it works in Mozilla and validates, then I know > it is standards compliant, and it will work in future browsers.
Ross replied: Validation is the key (as also pointed out by Amanda) Tim wonders: I'm not convinced anything standards compliant will work in future browsers. A heck of a lot of stuff that works in NN4.7 doesn't work in NN6 or 7, and I've gathered that some stuff that works in IE<6 doesn't work in 6 (although I've not confirmed that). The problem with the whole W3C thing is that it's retroactive - browsers come out with features, and after awhile the features end up in the standard. That's fine while a technology is developing, but killer once the tech matures. Just like the <nobr> tag discussed awhile back - it should have been in the standard but it's not, and there's no other good solution for it using standards that I'm aware of (but I don't know everything). What if a new standard version drops support for more "deprecated" tags and/or CSS? It's not like it hasn't happened before. Now that we're in the flux created by the interesting combination of no more development on the world's most common browser (IE), there's a vacuum being created that will probably bring other more standards-compliant browsers up in the market. Will IE die? I doubt it - NN4.7 is still around. So we'll just have an even more diverse pot of browsers to test and work around, each with their associated quirks. I'm sorry, in my dictionary "standards" means that it works everywhere (i.e. a 15" tire will *always* mount on a 15" wheel, a 1/2" pipe thread will always fit a 1/2" pipe thread, and both have been happening for 50 years), no hacks required. We're not there yet. Tim <frustrated by the NN4.7 thing, and just venting...sorry> ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
