S. Beaulieu wrote:
>Update: I got a phone call from the tech guy.
>It seems that a whole bunch of stuff is going wrong
>since something changed in IE (?)
>and that the points I pushed forward about sniffing
>and Gecko and so on turned out really useful for them.
>
Heh.  So, they were coding not only to a single browser,
but to a particular *version* of that browser.
A favorite link of mine in this regard:
http://google.com/search?q=cache:m2XM97fMGMIJ:www.evolt.org/article/Forward_compatibility_and_web_standards/17/60115/index.html+*-screwed-these-*-up+*-*-broken-links-everywhere+Large-sections-*-*-disappeared+mutual+mutual+*-didn't-support-*-proprietary-*-*-*-*-*+only-includes-Netscape-*+mutual+table-layout-images-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*+it.did.not+*-*-*-*-incorrect-content-type-header#comment-60184
http://tinyurl.com/StandardsMatter
http://www.evolt.org/article/Forward_compatibility_and_web_standards/17/60115/index.html#comment-60184

>He said they are definitely going to correct the website appropriately.
>
Better late than never.

>Our community: 1
>Shoddy programming: 0
>
Heh.
Standards DO matter.
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