Originally posted by RatBastard:
um, you have that a little backwards there, Firefox is one of the MOST standards compliant browsers available, Microsoft is the bad one here that has people using all kinds of proprietary code
Actually I didnt mention anything about IE at all. However when I design web pages, I build towards my target audience. When I run them again all code validators they pass for 99% plus of the visitors to my site (based on browers used as determined by the server logs). Not to defend MS or anyone else for that matter, but if one one given product is used by 85% or more of a population then it is cutting your nose to spite you face to not recognize that by default it sets teh standards. Not saying thats right, just the way it is. Note however that FF has started releasing updates, upgrades, and service packs even in its very short life span. So even that falls to code bugs like everyone else. [/QB][/QUOTE]
ie's percentage share is falling, and will continue to do so, by following standards that even microsoft has accepted, you ensure that all browsers will display the site reasonably, there is no excuse for making a site work only in ie when it can easily work in both without even serving up different code to each browser, even a standards compliant tableless site viewed with netscape 4.7 can still present the information in a logical way if coded right, sites dont have to look exactly the same in all browsers, but they should degrade in a way where they are still functional to the user
