Posted by dorayme on 11/07/07 21:20

In article <13j3m9btkgdld89@corp.supernews.com>,
Ed Jensen <ejensen@visi.com> wrote:

> While there's some truth to that argument, at some point you need to
> be pragmatic. If 99% of the web developers out there are getting it
> wrong, maybe the tool needs to be more user friendly.
>

Are you including in the 99% anyone who makes a website?

> You can argue they're all dummies, or you can argue that the tool just
> doesn't work that well, or you can argue that the problem is somewhere
> in between those two extremes.
>

Following on from an earlier point I made to you concerning
browser manufacturers following agreed standards more. Try to
abstract from the picture, the effect that having to cope with so
many browser variations, sometimes quite radical ones (mostly to
do with IE intransigence) has on author time and skills.

> It's my opinion that the underlying problem is somewhere closer to the
> tool being too complex. You may have a different opinion, and that's
> fine.

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dorayme

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