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Posted by Ikke on 10/30/06 23:32
"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in
news:i7t1h.383306$QM6.17774@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
> Ikke wrote:
>
>> "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote:
>>> Hey in a perfect world IE would be a compliant browser! 'Tis why in
>>> general web designers do not like IE.
>>
>> I know. But sadly it is still the most popular browser at this
>> moment, and that means that one needs to take into account that the
>> website needs to be displayed correctly in it.
>
> I find that I have no trouble writing pages that display properly in
> all browsers, so long as I don't try for the unobtainable 'pixel
> perfect' layout, and don't use any kind of (any) browser-specific
> code.
Since I switched from table based layout to css, I've tried to do this,
but I still have this tendency to go for the pixel perfect type layout.
> I don't care if one browser has .. oh .. a three-pixel difference in a
> margin somewhere. Design a flexible layout and that is not an issue.
That's what I'm trying to learn - tiny differences do not matter, as
long as the result can be shown in all browsers.
>> Also, one should not ignore the fact that clients usually add IE5.5
>> as the minimum browser requirement for a website - I've even had
>> clients who specifically asked me to limit the website to IE users
>> (don't ask why).
>
> Tell those clients to find a developer who works exclusively in
> ActiveX. Be sure to mention that he might as well turn off the web
> server for about two or three months every year - as that is about how
> much business he will lose with an IE-only site.
Bit of a problem: I don't get to choose the clients, because I work for
a software company. So whatever the client wants, the client gets
according to my manager. That does not mean I have to agree :(
> What *is* it with some of these clients? If they know so much, why
> don't they write their own sites? My clients came to me because they
> don't know anything about designing web sites.
Those are the clients I like to work for - people who know what they
want, but don't know how to create it.
Alas, they are not all like that.
Thanks,
Ikke
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