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Posted by Mark Parnell on 10/06/63 11:16
Previously in alt.html, tshad <tscheiderich@ftsolutions.com> said:
> So you program for Netscape 1 or 2 or 3 and IE 2 or 3 and all the Javascript
> and Jscript differences?
<nitpick>HTML isn't programming</nitpick> ;-)
Not specifically, no. But my web sites do still work in those browsers
(and yes I've checked). It may not look the same, but it still works and
the content is accessible. That's the important thing.
> I guess not. Possible is defined as reasonable, in my perception (obviously
> not yours)
No, we just have different definitions of reasonable. Or more to the
point, you have other aims (i.e. making it identical to a paper version)
that conflict with making it readable to everyone.
> As I mentioned above, trying to get every possible Browser (and versions),
> scripts (and versions) - would be difficult. Even trying to get it right
> for all the variations between just the current Browsers with the different
> Doctypes (strict, Transitional, loose etc). When, as people have pointed
> here, browsers tend to follow some standards but not others, etc.
Yes, browsers differ, they have bugs, etc. Obviously no one is disputing
that. But the reason it affects you *so* much is because you want it to
be identical down to the last pixel in every possible environment. With
HTML, that is never going to happen. You need to let go, and accept that
as long as it looks OK in all browsers, it doesn't matter if they differ
slightly.
> I agree. But that doesn't mean you have to toss it out altogether.
Absolutely not. You can still use the same basic layout/design, you just
can't expect it to be pixel perfect.
> If you don't have the interactive version of adobe, as most people don't (at
> least not that I know of), how do you do interactive forms in PDF?
You don't; that's what I'm saying. If you want interactivity, then HTML
is the way to go. But you can't then expect it to look identical to the
paper version.
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Mark Parnell
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