Posted by Ed Jensen on 11/08/07 17:16

dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> 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?

Not really. I mostly visit medium/large web sites which should employ
professional web developers. This means the CSS based layout problem
seems to also be catching up most professional web developers.

>> 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.

I do feel sorry for web developers. IE6 alone has made life hell for
web developers.

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