Posted by Ben C on 07/19/07 16:57

On 2007-07-19, Travis Newbury <TravisNewbury@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 18, 5:11 pm, Ben C <spams...@spam.eggs> wrote:
>> The more browsers the better. If there are only one or two then all
>> their bugs and quirks become de facto standards.
>
> I disagree, I think a single browser would be best. And yes, it would
> be the de-facto standard which I see as a good thing.

The problem is that something that's full of bugs and quirks is
unpredictable and annoying to work with even if you do have the
consolation of knowing that once it works on your desktop it will work
the same (up to a point) for everyone.

If there was only one browser but that had a clear published
specification that it implemented correctly that wouldn't be so bad. But
with only one browser around there's much less pressure on its vendor
either to publish such a specification or to stick to it. So web
development becomes a frustrating trial-and-error process of throwing
mud at the wall.

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