Posted by Nico Schuyt on 10/11/06 09:03

Els wrote:
> Nico Schuyt wrote:
>> Els wrote:
>>> Nico Schuyt wrote:

>>>> Browsers have to follow the W3C-specs, on the
>>>> other hand they need to render sites as much as possible as the
>>>> builder has intended to.

>>> Don't you think that this impossible task would be easier to fulfill
>>> if the builder would code his sites following the specs, instead of
>>> sending his best *intentions* along with his non-standard code?

>> No :-) It's like the accessiblity problems: It's impossible to
>> achieve that every webbuilder on earth will follow the specs, so
>> it's much more practical to use browsers that make the best of it.

> Tell me Nico, what is easier: build a browser that does what one set
> of rules says, or build a browser that does what millions of different
> sets of rules say?

The latter is easier than instruct all them webbuilders amd adjust existing
sites.

> Do you have any suggestions for the soccer rules too?

I hate soccer :-) But the comparison is wrong: every game is a new one. On
internet there are millions of non- or no longer compliant sites.

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Nico Schuyt
http://www.nicoschuyt.nl/

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