On 3/11/17, Paul B. Gallagher <pau...@pbgdashtranslations.com> wrote: > When I complained about bad browser sniffing at one of my favorite > websites: > >> I've never understood why web designers prefer to waste time writing >> several custom versions of their code for several different browsers >> instead of just writing one W3C-compliant version, but whatever. >> I'll just keep dismissing the useless nag and go on about my life. > > tech support wrote back: > >> The reason why websites tend not to be W3C-compliant is that while >> it may be optimal to do so, it is very costly and takes up a lot of >> resources. >> >> Unfortunately, we currently do not have sufficient resources to do >> so yet. But we'll definitely aim towards improving it and making it >> more accessible to everyone. >> >> Sorry for the inconvenience. If you have any other questions, please >> let me know! > > First time I've heard that one -- it's more expensive to write > W3C-compliant code than to write several custom versions for supported > browsers.
It's probably cheaper to hire three adequate developers than one good one. Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
