Posted by Andy Dingley on 04/27/06 14:45

Toby Inkster wrote:
> Bruce Grubb wrote:
>
> > If you have to 'hack' the HTML to get IE to behave correctly then odds are
> > you are not writing to the standard.
>
> On most non-trivial pages, IE (for Windows) will not cope with
> standards-compliant HTML.

These two statements are not contradictory.

> For example, your standards-compliant HTML page might have an <IMG>
> element that loads a standards-compliant PNG image with alpha-
> blended transparancy.

So don't use PNGs with alpha. You're still compliant, you haven't
hacked anything, IE is happy.

You rarely need to "hack" HTML (in the non-MIT) sense to make it work
with IE, but a good HTML hacker (in the MIT sense) knows what subset of
the standard is supported by IE. This is still compliant and it also
works for IE - everyone is happy

(Except for Angry Kid Bruce that is. He just likes shouting)

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