i can tell from own experience that ie tends to be very unforgiving when it comes to frames and sloppy me has darned them all to heck because i had to repair all my old frames-sites now that they are repaired and i have my mean and lean production machine geared to nice and consistent code, i of course have a totally different view on the matter (ow, i'm bad ;-). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Koen van Hees E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LdV/Partners Ad Agency http://www.ldv.com Balansstraat 117 B-2018 Antwerp (Belgium) T: +32-3-2410250 F: +32-3-2487344 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy E. Gill [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: zaterdag 30 mei 1998 19:02 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: WC:>: Javascript question - browser forgiveness > > At 11:27 PM -0700 5/28/98, Jack Killpatrick wrote: > > >I found, when putting together this little snippet of code that there are > >some obvious discrepancies between what will cause an error on one > browser, > >but not another. To my surprise, I found MSIE 4 to require less specific > >code to get the job done...I had to add document. in front of form > elements > >for NS. > > No surprise here. I had students completely screw up tables on their > mid-terms and MSIE rendered them "correctly." > > Now - is this a "good" thing or a "bad" thing - for the browser to look at > your code and "interpret" what it thinks you are saying. At the very > least, > it makes it possible to code differently for different browsers (ie, not > code to spec) -- which *I* think is a bad thing. > > Kathy > (who is really tired of MS products anticipating what I want to do -- like > refusing to easily let me un-capitalize a word that follows a .... ) > > > > =============================== > Kathy E. Gill, Guide - http://agriculture.miningco.com/ > Publisher, eNetDigest - http://www.enetdigest.com/ > WWW design * writing * training - http://www.dotparagon.com/ > > You must be the change you wish to see in the world. - Gandhi > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now > Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants > If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done > directly from our website for all our lists. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
