Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 04/27/06 15:36

Andy Dingley wrote:
> 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.

Something that would be nice but usually can live without.

>
> 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

IE float and margin bugs can be a real PITA and they are problems that
crop up in more *basic* designs. I find the 'totem pole' standard
webpage layout very boring and unattractive!

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


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Jonathan
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