Posted by Chaddy2222 on 07/29/07 14:04

On Jul 29, 11:49 pm, SpaceGirl <nothespacegirls...@subhuman.net>
wrote:
> Onideus Mad Hatter wrote:
> > On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:52:21 -0700, Chaddy2222
> >> Ahh, thanks for the info Toby.
> >> But Opera do conform with the W3C standards quite well.
>
> > It's true that Opera is fast...really though, that's about fuckin it.
> > It doesn't really conform to W3C specs all that well:
>
> >http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/
>
> > ...yeah.
>
> <snip list>
>
> > And keep in mind that this list was like five times as long not even
> > two versions ago and MANY Opera users are NOT using the latest
> > version. *nods*
>
> Same argument could be used for IE 6, or FireFox 1. Many people still
> use old versions of software, which obviously don't meet the latest
> guidelines...
>
> Many of those things are exceptions on all modern browsers. I think you
> are misinterpreting the W3C guidelines as standards; they are not. They
> are a set of generally agreed ways of doing things that browsers should
> aim at supporting. It's not a definitive list of functionality, it's not
> a list of "must haves". Just a general guideline. Now, the majority of
> modern browsers mean 99% of the guidelines for the various "standards"
> (XHTML1.0, CSS2 etc) and render these elements in fairly similar ways.
> This makes life a lot easier for a designer. It'll get better too, each
> browser slowly maturing and getting closer and closer to the guidelines.
>
> There will always be differences between the browsers, it's just one of
> those things.
>
I could not agree more with that!

> Overall, Opera is a great browser. It's closer to the guidelines for
> most of W3C recommendations than many browsers (IE7 being a prime
> example). It's faster than almost any other browser.
>
I agree Opera is a pritty dam good browser (although FireFox has an
easier to use set of options I reckon), I find Opera to be a bit
cluttered with features at times.
--
Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.awardspace.biz

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