Re: Table alignment problem

On Monday 05 March 2001 16:30 Captain F.M. O'Lary wrote:
> >1. Which browsers don't support HTTP 1.1 (virtual
> > hosting)?
>
> It is my understanding NN 2.0 had a problem with HTTP
> 1.1. No browser I am aware of had a problem after that
> (chronological) time frame.

Browsers 2- have problems with HTTP 1.1 (IE2 has problems=20
too). So anyone who is using virtual hosting will be unable=20
to support browsers 2- anyway?


> >2. What parts of transitional HTML don't work in 3+ web
> >browser?
>
> With all due respect Gregor, a BUNCH. Sit back and read
> this list a while. Notice the consistency in which
> questions are asked. I think you will have to agree,
> there is *definitely* a pattern. A big one.

Because there is no real way to validate JavaScript

and because
@import=20
url(PeopleWriteCSSforBrowserThatDoNotSupportCSSLikeIE3andNN4.css);

<td>
and also because they don't
</td>
<td>tidy their code</td>


OK, there are some problems with standards...
Activating the Right Layout Mode in Mozilla and IE 5 for Mac
http://www.hut.fi/~hsivonen/doctype.html


> I am merely supporting the position that: "If 'we' don't
> know FOR A FACT what our demographics are, 'we' should
> make a real effort to err on the side of backwards
> compatibility."

Valid "backwards compatible" (Appendix C) xhtml1=20
transitional without extras (CSS, JavaScript, plug-ins,=20
Java, PNGs...) and without URL in DOCTYPE.


Well, that is what I think.
--=20
Gregor @ Mandrake 7.2 -> KDE 2.0 -> Kmail 1.1.99 -> ;-)

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