Posted by Bruce Grubb on 04/28/06 04:32

In article <rpmdnX4_MIVUl8zZRVnyuw@pipex.net>, Mimic <dev@null.com> wrote:

> Bruce Grubb wrote:
> > In article <4b7i5rF106pgqU1@individual.net>,
> > "Paul Watt" <paulioNOSPAM@wattio.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> "Bruce Grubb" <bgrubb@zianet.com> wrote in message
> >> news:bgrubb-F49CC6.14160625042006@news.zianet.com...
> >>> Face it unless you are totally blind (or *believe* darkness IS the new
> >>> standard) writing to IE is just plain stupid.
> >> Write for standards, hack for IE. best of both worlds
> >
> > If you have to 'hack' the HTML to get IE to behave correctly then odds are
> > you are not writing to the standard.
>
> Ok, you'll have to excuse me, before now I just tended to float in and
> out of here. Is this Bruce chap some kind of troll? or is he actually as
> stupid as he makes out?

What is trollish about pointed out a basic fact?

> > The biggest problem IMHO is the fact too many people use WYSIWYG web
> > designing programs or word processors which barf out HTML guacamole.
>
> That I'll happily agree with, point click apps tend to churn out non
> compliant code.

WHich is why HTML is such a mess.

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