Re: [Gimp-user] Web development question?

[Burnie West <west ieee org>]

On 02/18/2012 04:01 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:
> Actually I use semantic markup via standards compliant xhmtl 1.0 and
> CSS 2.1.  As an example, the pages in my silly little personal site
> look and work the same in Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari, Epiphany,
> Konqueror, Midori and IE8.  I did not have to tweak anything to
> accomplish that level of cross browser compatibility - that's what
> W3C Standards are for and, thank God, Microsoft has finally
> capitulated and the browser wars are over.
>
> I use a few alternate CSS declarations in an auxiliary style sheet
> to correct rendering errors in IE6, because some people are still
> using it, and the way IE6 is broken affects the main navigation
> menu.  Those are the only IE6 errors I bother to correct.
>
> Visitors to the site who are using IE6 or 7 are greeted by a
> security warning and upgrade link on every page, wrapped in a
> conditional comment whose contents are only visible on the offending
> browsers.
>
> :o)
Elegant, Steve - Thanks for the suggestion, and  also for promoting W3C awareness.
  -- Burnie