RE: Warning about Netscape 7 Preview

I don't "design for the standards", nor do I design "for the browsers."  I =
design for my audience and for my customers, using the standards, and =
keeping the browsers in mind.  I thought that the difference should be =
noted :o)

Martin

>>> Charles A Upsdell <cupsdell(at)upsdell.com> 06/28/02 12:16PM >>>

>I completely disagree with that. Mozilla is implementing (or attempting =
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>implement) the standards. NS is now based on the Mozilla engine. MS=20
>appears to be grudgingly applying the standards ...

I agree that MS is a bit slack in applying the standards, but let's be=20
honest:  IE4 supported the standards far better than NN4; IE5 supported =
the=20
standards better still; IE5.5 better still; and IE6 better still.  Only=20
with NN6/Mozilla has Netscape crept up to IE6 ... and arguably passed=20
it.  IE is like the turtle in Aesop's fable:  slowly, steadily, running =
the=20
race, while Netscape has been like the rabbit, resting for years, then=20
making a frantic dash to catch up.  Yes, Netscape deserves a lot of =
credit=20
for what it has (recently) done; but Microsoft deserves some credit too.

>"Designing" for IE makes for lazy code ...
>
>I bet if you designed a page using only Netscape unique code ...

But one should not design a page for a particular browser anyway:  one=20
should design for the standards, while making tweaks needed to satisfy =
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idio(t)syncracies of the real-world browsers.

[]  Regards, Chuck Upsdell


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Chuck Upsdell
Email:     cupsdell(at)upsdell.com=20
Website:   http://www.upsdell.com/=20

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