Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 04/21/06 17:49

Bill wrote:

> I'm working on learning html/css/java etc so I can maintain a church website
> and am currently rewriting said site to use css instead of tables for
> formating. After getting a good chunk of the way through the rewrite I
> decided to try viewing the site in other browsers, Netscape, mozilla and
> Opera, to see how well the would handle a site designed for IE 6. Of course
> there are differences so I was looking into detecting different browsers so
> I could add in css sheets to fix individual browser problems. Here's the
> kicker, should I be designing the default page for IE 6 or something else?
> What I mean is do I make a page that looks good in IE 6 and fix it for the
> other browsers or do I use something else and fix the page for IE 6 quirks
> and bugs??

Design for other browsers first, then possibly add some fixes for the IE
bugs. Make sure you are using a DOCTYPE that triggers standard and not
quirks mode.

My philosophy is to design with no browser in mind at all.

> Which browser is more Standards Complient?

Among popular modern browsers? Almost any but IE. Perhaps Opera.

> I figure that I'd be better off getting as close to Complient as
> possible and adding fixes for IE 6 but I'm not sure WHICH browser is
> the closest. Any suggestions??

Seeing your efforts to date would be a good start on any
recommendations. URL?

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-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer

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