Posted by Arne on 04/24/06 15:07

Once upon a time *Travis Newbury* wrote:
> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>> Design for other browsers first, then possibly add some fixes for the IE
>> bugs. Make sure you are using a DOCTYPE that triggers standard and not
>> quirks mode.
>
> Why design for the minority and try to put fixes in for the majority?
> (Sounds like a liberal thing, but I won't go there right now)
>
> IE is still the most used browser there, so wouldn't it be prudent to
> make sure it works correctly in IE FIRST, then make the needed fixes
> for everything else?
>

Because when it works in other browsers, it's easier to fix the IE bugs.
If you first make it look good in IE you probably added and used som
much rubbish (and IE specific) code, without you even knowing it, so it
will be harder to fix it to work in other browsers.

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/Arne

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