Posted by Runnin' on Empty on 09/12/06 20:35

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in message
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> Travis Newbury wrote:
>
>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>> Many would say you have it backwards. Build and view in Firefox (or
>>> other modern browser) first then check and tweak if required to fix
>>> for IE...
>>
>> But since IE is STILL the most popular browser I think this way is
>> backwards. Make it work in IE (what everyone uses) the tweek for the
>> lesser used browsers.
>
> No, you have it backwards. It is far easier to write to the common
> standards (which work in modern browsers) and later tweak what doesn't
> work in the ancient IE, than it is to write specific IE crap and later
> try to standardize it.
>
> If you write well to the standards, there should be little to tweak for
> Internut Exploder.
>
>> I am NOT saying IE is better, only used more.
>
> Well, that's a relief!
>
> --
> -bts


Actually Standards are great as a goal post, but they apply best to static
brochure sites and not to anything approaching enterprise level.

Do this simple test, run any major enterprise level or ecommerce site
through the w3c validator, guess what, none validate.

That's right, the most expensive, intensively used sites with some of the
best and brightest developers in the country, (or out of the country), that
are making the most money, don't validate worth beans.

The reason is that there is more to successfully using the Internet (or WWW,
if you prefer), than making sure the HTML or CSS validates.

Making a simple 10 page vanity site, it should validate and conform to
standards, working on a major n-tier ecom application with several layers of
access, admin and functions, backed up by a multi terabyte database, you
concerns are more making sure it and the multiple functions0 work and are
secure against improper use, in the IE and Firefox.

This often means standards are thrown to the wayside in choosing better
methods for the task at hand.

I know this drives CSS and validation zealots nuts, but it's the case.

I'm all for standards, but they don't apply to every site.

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