02-14-2003, 07:01 PM
It's not just that though.
Blink and Marquee were, rightly, denied (and yes, I know blink is originally Netscape). "Target=_new" was declared illegal, as there is already "Target=_blank". Yet they're still there, and websites use them even if it destroys access from certain webbrowsers.
I'll admit good things come that were originally proprietary, but that's not even close to the full problem. That example I linked to was pure CSS1, supposedly easy and supposedly supported by every current browser. Yet half of them get it wrong even when they claim support! Now you don't just have features that only users of one webbrowser can use; you also have features that work differently on one thing because a company claims support it doesn't give.
Also, back when I threw up a junk webpage, I was testing out CSS. It worked in IE but not Netscape. Why? Because I was using a proprietary color code which only IE supported. If Microsoft had not put that in, everyone would be following the same setup and it would have looked the same no matter the browser. But since IE didn't follow standards, and webmasters didn't bother with checking validity, I learned a method which was considered illegal by standards. Why? The only reason I can think of is MS wanted other browsers to look like crap :angry: . What made it even worse was switching the CSS to the standardized form mucked up the colors in IE, even though IE claimed support for CSS.
And personally I don't even want to bother viewing webpages that use IE stuff and, therefore, break in Mozilla. If a webmaster doesn't want to check accessability to other browsers, then I'll gladly go somewhere else.
Quote:And how many features are commonplace today because someone dreamed up a really good idea that start out as proprietary software and was happily adopted by all? If everyone stuck rigidly to standards, we wouldn't have half the features we use today.
Blink and Marquee were, rightly, denied (and yes, I know blink is originally Netscape). "Target=_new" was declared illegal, as there is already "Target=_blank". Yet they're still there, and websites use them even if it destroys access from certain webbrowsers.
I'll admit good things come that were originally proprietary, but that's not even close to the full problem. That example I linked to was pure CSS1, supposedly easy and supposedly supported by every current browser. Yet half of them get it wrong even when they claim support! Now you don't just have features that only users of one webbrowser can use; you also have features that work differently on one thing because a company claims support it doesn't give.
Also, back when I threw up a junk webpage, I was testing out CSS. It worked in IE but not Netscape. Why? Because I was using a proprietary color code which only IE supported. If Microsoft had not put that in, everyone would be following the same setup and it would have looked the same no matter the browser. But since IE didn't follow standards, and webmasters didn't bother with checking validity, I learned a method which was considered illegal by standards. Why? The only reason I can think of is MS wanted other browsers to look like crap :angry: . What made it even worse was switching the CSS to the standardized form mucked up the colors in IE, even though IE claimed support for CSS.
And personally I don't even want to bother viewing webpages that use IE stuff and, therefore, break in Mozilla. If a webmaster doesn't want to check accessability to other browsers, then I'll gladly go somewhere else.
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