Posted by Els on 10/11/06 09:25

Nico Schuyt wrote:
> 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.

What can I say? If you ever have clients who don't understand that,
feel free to send them my way.

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