Comments on: Where web standards are at. http://twoseven.co.nz/2007/02/28/where-web-standards-are-at/ ...is Dan Willis blogging about web design and development, usability, standards and pretty much anything! Tue, 31 May 2011 01:13:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2-bleeding By: Dan http://twoseven.co.nz/2007/02/28/where-web-standards-are-at/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Dan Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:34:30 +0000 http://www.twoseven.co.nz/2007/02/28/where-web-standards-are-at/#comment-4 Hmm. It's a different story if you're developing for other people - clients, readers, etc. - over whose browsers you have no control. You can't dump IE. With a bit of experience, you become familiar with the quirks of the various browsers and can learn to design/develop around them. Keeping it simple helps too. If you're trying to do something in particular but find the mark-up/CSS/work-arounds/hacks are getting too complicated or out of hand, then perhaps the design should be re-worked to enable simpler coding. Hmm.

It’s a different story if you’re developing for other people – clients, readers, etc. – over whose browsers you have no control. You can’t dump IE.

With a bit of experience, you become familiar with the quirks of the various browsers and can learn to design/develop around them.

Keeping it simple helps too. If you’re trying to do something in particular but find the mark-up/CSS/work-arounds/hacks are getting too complicated or out of hand, then perhaps the design should be re-worked to enable simpler coding.

]]> By: Allan http://twoseven.co.nz/2007/02/28/where-web-standards-are-at/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Allan Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:24:16 +0000 http://www.twoseven.co.nz/2007/02/28/where-web-standards-are-at/#comment-3 When I was starting to learn html I figured I'd learn standards. Reason: I wanted it to work. Then there was IE. Which I promptly dumped. And as you saw with my blog the other day I don't care to test with it. I'm not a professional web designer. I know enough to do what I want only. And I don't want IE. I try to use standards, but as we know, it's not always possible. I'm not strict to the point of dumping other people's code (haloscan) if it breaks the validation. When I was starting to learn html I figured I’d learn standards. Reason: I wanted it to work.

Then there was IE. Which I promptly dumped. And as you saw with my blog the other day I don’t care to test with it. I’m not a professional web designer. I know enough to do what I want only.
And I don’t want IE.

I try to use standards, but as we know, it’s not always possible. I’m not strict to the point of dumping other people’s code (haloscan) if it breaks the validation.

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