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I’m sorry, but I am not sure what you are saying. Web standards circles agree that "browser sniffing" as opposed to "feature detection" is kind of evil. (See h
by alanh 16y ago
I’m sorry, but I am not sure what you are saying.
Web standards circles agree that "browser sniffing" as opposed to "feature detection" is kind of evil. (See http://modernizr.com http://modernizr.com for one way to do it right.) This, however, is a very special case, where the whole point is showing what ones specific browser can do.
Generally, the user's browser is irrelevant to the point of a website, and supporting as many browsers as possible is best.
In this case, the user’s browser matters most, as no other browser currently has 100% feature parity with Safari features used in these demos.
- tmsh 16y agoThat's a good point. And I can understand that Apple, esp. if they are targeting creative / ad people, are probably aiming for a completely professional look (v. Flash, etc.). Until the other browsers catch up, I suppose they have every justification for doing what they're doing. One could argue, that they don't want browsers that aren't fully conforming which might give a bad impression of the viability of this post-Flash world. On the other hand, browser sniffing, as you mention, is a slippery slope. Maybe all they might do is acknowledge that until other browsers have fully implemented 3D CSS, etc., they are only recommending Safari. ETA: Never mind, I went back and read the page: Not all browsers offer this support. But soon other modern browsers will take advantage of these same web standards — and the amazing things they enable web designers to do. Good enough I suppose...
- jolan 16y agomodernizr reports that Safari 4.0.5 doesn't support MP3/M4A so I don't think they could use it since it's broken.