I wasn't trying to attack your professionalness or whatever. However people attacking Netscape (especially 6, which is going to be awesome imho) for invalid reasons in one of pet peeves. We have around 6 months before we see IE7 and it's probably going to be the same old IE4 clone we have been seeing for years with DotNet added on. I don't think Microsoft saw Netscape as a threat when IE7 was being planned, so we are going to have to wait a long time until we see IE catch up on some of the new features Mozilla is bringing to the new browser war. I won't argue that when MS puts it's mind to something, no one can compete, but IE really has been stagnant for a long time. Either way, Compuserve officially made the switch to Gecko today, and AOL8 proabably isn't far off. Time to bookmark that validator :)
jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew R. Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: RE: CSS and Netscape - was(CSS and dynamically changing classes) > > Think about what you just said... > Umm... no... I spent the afternoon debugging my pages because netscape > isn't as forgiving as ie. I don't feel like thinking anymore. > > I guess that makes me a bad programmer though, and unprofessional. > > I use ie only here on the intranet because I don't have to spend time > searching through the piles of code that I have looking for that > forgotten table tag and its nice features that I can get to work the > first time. > > If you love netscape, good for you. I don't, I know a LOT of people who > don't, and it's an inferior product for that reason alone. > > No, I haven't read the w3 standardization for css or html or javascript > or whatever. I have to spend my time pushing code out the door for > production purposes. > > I don't even use stuff that is ie-only. I have a 1998 O'Reilly > javascript book that I use and everything in it works on ie except where > it says it won't. > > > I keep screaming for a <makeWebSiteHere/> tag too, but nobody > > listens....sigh. > Oh, gosh, you're right. I wish I had a tag that does that also, but > instead, I'll use ie, which saves me a lot more tedious tag-searching > work than ns ever did. > > So, you're right. Sometimes I forget to put </html> at the end of my > page. Sometimes I forget to fully qualify my scopes when writing > javascript and my css doesn't work. These are the things that I use > that make netscape break into pieces. You're defending this? > > > Matt Small > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 4:24 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CSS and Netscape - was(CSS and dynamically changing > classes) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew R. Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 2:27 PM > Subject: RE: CSS and Netscape - was(CSS and dynamically changing > classes) > > > > You're right, this is a can of worms, but...Really, I am asking that > > Steve Case drop the Netscape browser altogether. I'm not exactly sure > > which standards that IE supports or doesn't support, or how NS > compares > > to it. > > Think about what you just said... > > > But the fact is that IE it's extremely forgiving, feature-rich, > > and just a great browser altogether, while NS is just a headache for > > designers. > > Sure it's a headache, and so are all those old Canadian drivers who come > down here every winter. Doesn't mean they are going away, nor do I want > them > to. They have money... > > > To tell you the truth, I don't know how they keep producing > > the NS browser. I't doesn't seems to me that it makes any money for > the > > company. > > AOL 8.0 is going to use the Gecko rendering engine. I'm sure that is > saving > them quite a bit in licensing fees and MS headaches. > > > The fact is that there are standards and that anything which > > makes the code easier to program and maintain should be included in > the > > standard. > > I keep screaming for a <makeWebSiteHere/> tag too, but nobody > listens....sigh. > > > jon > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
