Re: Question - CSS & Mac vs PC etc

Now we have 3 votes :-)

At 03:35 PM 2/17/00 -0500, Darrell King wrote:
>>>>HTML is simple but Web design is complicated. (Hey I like that, that
>sounds good.)<<<
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>Two votes to make it the HWG motto...:)
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>D
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>Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:14 PM
>Subject: RE: Question - CSS & Mac vs PC etc
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>> On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Jim H wrote:
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>> > I am looking for a general list of safe design components
>> > that would allow all browsers and computers to safely utilize and
>> > enjoy the internet.  ---Or am I just day-dreaming?---
>> >
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>> There may well be a site with cross-platform design tips somewhere, but
>> the comment I wanted to make is: wait, it gets worse.
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>> People might be hitting your site with hand-held devices or Web TV or a
>> desktop computer with Mac or W9x or Linux or Netscape or MSIE or they may
>> be using a screen reader because they're blind or visually impaired, or...
>> or...
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>> I think we can safely say it's impossible to please everyone at the same
>> time with the same page.
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>> I think the only sure way to be reasonably certain your pages will look
>> (or sound) good to everyone is to do browser detection and route them to a
>> browser- and platform-specific version. The only sane way to do that I
>> think is to generate all your pages dynamically with server-side
>> scripting, and even then it would be a demanding task to keep abreast of
>> all the latest developments. And even then, I don't believe there's any
>> way to detect screen resolution and size.
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>> The other alternative is you make compromises, taking into account who
>> (you think) most of your audience is going to be.
>>
>> HTML is simple but Web design is complicated. (Hey I like that, that
>> sounds good.)
>>
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