Re: [tlug] Novel embraces Microsoft

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 09/11/06, Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com> wrote:

> Of course, it begs the question, why the *##$!@?? should anyone go to
> all this trouble just to satisfy the quirks of one particular stupid
> browser when other, browser-independent methods exist? If it means
> using the evil GIF format then so be it. Otherwise I know how to use
> the GIMP and can create the required effects in JPEG files.

Well, you have to use that hack to deal with IE's box model. In
table-less layout, you use CSS positioning, but IE has to implement a
non-standard box model just to piss off standards-loving web
developers.

Tragically, as a web developer, you cannot ignore a web browser that
still has at least 50% market share.

And while you are working around IE's CSS retardation already, you
might as well use your pretty PNGs and just add on to the CSS hacks.
:)

-Josh