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Delirium tremens

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Dec 23, 2011, 2:46:23 PM12/23/11
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Creating a site to Internet Explorer ->
changing it a little to make it compatible with Chrome ->
changing it a little to make it compatible with Firefox ->
changing it a little to make it compatible with Safari ->
that's bad!

Would a HTML competitor that is completely different from HTML be welcome?
If a good fair competitor existed, we could have HTML 5 in 2002.
If HTML 5 exists, HTML 4 can be improved, so HTML 5 can probably be improved too.

Robert Johnston

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Dec 23, 2011, 4:31:03 PM12/23/11
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If that's your coding method, then you're definitely doing it wrong.

How I do it:

Code HTML to spec
Write CSS to spec
Verify that site works correctly in spec-compliant browsers (Chrome, FF,
Safari, Opera)
Make IE-specific fixes so it's presentable/functional, using IE's
conditional comments to include IE-specific stylesheets and fixes.
Add out-of-spec CSS embellishments for supporting browsers (Chrome, FF,
Safari, Opera)

A HTML competitor would be a huge pain. Supporting different standards,
and having to re-learn would bring virtually no advantages.

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