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Why? When I design a page, I know what I want it to look like. I don't want to have to waste a bunch of my time in compatibility hacks to get around crap that t
by s73ver_ 9y ago
Why? When I design a page, I know what I want it to look like. I don't want to have to waste a bunch of my time in compatibility hacks to get around crap that they do different.
- CaptSpify 9y agoI always thought we had this backwards. We should abandon sending the UA altogether and design pages according to the standards. If a browser doesn't render then correctly, then tell the browser to fix their shit. I realize that nowadays this isn't as simple as that, but if we had started along that path, things would be much better now.
- ConceptJunkie 9y agoIIUC, we _did_ start out that way. it was probably Microsoft that first started differentiating itself by adding non-standard features and functionality. EEE, ya know.
- s73ver_ 9y agoUnfortunately I don't have anywhere near the clout to be able to tell Microsoft to do that. And in the meantime, my users look at a broken site.
- jeffdavis 9y agoYou are asserting that the provider of the website should have complete control over the experience. But not everyone agrees with you -- the readers want control, too, and it's their hardware, after all.
- flukus 9y agoThen you should publish PDF's or JPEG's because the user agent has always had final say in how a page renders, your style hints are merely recommendations.