Is there also not another very major point? If we go too far down any proprietary line, we risk contravening accessibility guidelines/legislation. Standards-compliance is surely a central aspect of accessible design.
Tom Chadwin (list newcomer: hello everyone!)
On Monday, June 28, 2004, at 09:32 AM, James Cummings wrote:
agreed on all counts. my argument against designing for IE (and designing instead to standards) is really an argument against browser-specific design that is or amounts to a hack. i would include using IE-specific functionality or ignoring standards to make something work for IE in the latter category. the problem is that IE is the dominant browser, so you have to make decisions about what's more important in the long run.
the thing is that with mozilla and opera you at least have browsers that are committed to implementing the standards eventually, even if they don't do so (or do so very well), yet. microsoft is another kettle of fish.
anyhow, i don't want to continue to push this, since i think there's probably very little practical disagreement. i do think it's the kind of thing that we all need to keep in mind as we make design decisions now that we we will have to live with (or fix) down the road. that's really what it amounts to.
cheers,
j