Re: Web accessibility (likely TID)

Jonathan O'Donnell (jonathan@rmit.edu.au)
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 16:23:37 +1000

At 12:50 AM +1000 2/10/98, Eric Scheid wrote:
>On 1/10/98 3:38 PM, Tony Barry <tonyb@netinfo.com.au> hath written:
>
>>Using features specific to any browser no matter how clever is a breach of
>>standards.
>
>but what do you then do when your 3.2 compliant code doesn't display
>according to standards in your non-standard-compliant browser?
...

Eric, you can never win this game. If you write for a non-standard, then
you risk that it won't work on anything. If you write for a standard, then
at least you have a chance that it will work on a wide variety of products.

Writing to a standard like html 3.2 or html 4.0 is really the only chance
that you have of future-proofing your Web pages. Wasn't someone here
talking about Web pages appearing on the front doors of microwave ovens?

We have no idea what people are going to invent next.

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