Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 8:57 am
so the moment the new ms browser comes out you'll stop supporting ie 6? the moment ie 6 came out you stopped supporting ie 5.5?
to force the latest is always bad, unless there is some specific functionality you need.
to support everyone, unless the client wants that, is often insane.
my personal belief is to write expecting that it's not more than 2 revisions back.
at this point, unless they're using lynx (a lot of linux users a i know still use this at times) or a webclipper (they have a palm or other mobile computing device) i expect them to be using something that supports html 4.0 or higher, unless we're talking microsoft, which thinks they write standards and therefore deals with everything in odd ways... id est: http://people.brandeis.edu/~m3rajk/JMT/ ... signup.php
look at that in ie, and in mozilla.
you'll notice that in w3c compliant browsers it looks right. in ie it has a hideous amount of "padding" even though the source is.....note: i'm using ie 6 with all the patches for ie testing. i expect most people have been assimilated and will be using ie5.5 or 6
w3c compliant browsers actually do the valign.
ie, as you can see, puts the button as a diff valign than stated, and pads, which is turned OFF
to force the latest is always bad, unless there is some specific functionality you need.
to support everyone, unless the client wants that, is often insane.
my personal belief is to write expecting that it's not more than 2 revisions back.
at this point, unless they're using lynx (a lot of linux users a i know still use this at times) or a webclipper (they have a palm or other mobile computing device) i expect them to be using something that supports html 4.0 or higher, unless we're talking microsoft, which thinks they write standards and therefore deals with everything in odd ways... id est: http://people.brandeis.edu/~m3rajk/JMT/ ... signup.php
look at that in ie, and in mozilla.
you'll notice that in w3c compliant browsers it looks right. in ie it has a hideous amount of "padding" even though the source is.....
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<html>
<head>
<title>FindYourDesire.com Signup page -- 1</title>
<meta name="Author" content="coded by: Josh Perlmutter">
<style type="text/css">
<!-- this comment is for non-css compliant browsers
{text-decoration=none}
end of css -->
</style>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#c8c8c8" alink="#fc00ff" vlink="#00e0c4" link="#ffffff">
<center><p> </p>
<!-- banner goes here -->
<!-- ad bar goes here -->
<h1>THIS IS A TEST. IT DOES NOT HAVE A DATABASE CONNECTION NOR DOES IT CHECK USERNAMES. THIS LINE WILL BE REMOVED IN THE REAL ONE </h1>
<!-- nav bar goes here -->
<table frame="box" bgcolor="#000000" border="3" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" text="#c8c8c8" width="750">
<tr>
<td><a href="login.php">Log In!</a></td>
<td><a href="faq.php">F.A.Q. & T.O.S.</a></td>
<td><a href="new.php">New Users</a></td>
<td><a href="top.php">Top Users</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom"><a href="signup.php">Sign Up!</a></td>
<td valign="bottom"><a href="forums.php">Forums</a></td>
<td valign="bottom"><form name="qsearch" action="profile.php"><input type="text" maxlength="15" size="15" name="un"></td>
<td valign="bottom"><input type="submit" value="Find User!"></form></td>
</tr>
</table>
<h1>debug line: validation = </h1>
<h1>debug line: step = </h1>
<p>Thank you for your interest in signing up for FindYourDesire.com. Before you can sign up, you need to agree to a few baisc terms of service</p>
<form action="/~m3rajk/JMT/preview/phpprev/signup.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="step" value="2">
<table frame="void" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000" text="#c8c8c8">
<tr><td>I have read and agree to the <a name="#lw" href="#lw" onClick="window.open('faq.php?seek=lw', 'faq', 'height=250,width=500,scrollbars=yes');">Liabilty Waiver</a></td><td><input type="checkbox" name="lw" value="agree"></td></tr>
<tr><td>I have read and agree to the <a name="#gtu" href="#gtu" onClick="window.open('faq.php?seek=gtu', 'faq', 'height=250,width=500,scrollbars=yes');">General Terms of Use</a></td><td><input type="checkbox" name="gtu" value="agree"></td></tr>
<tr><td>I have read and agree to the <a name="#fcc" href="#fcc" onClick="window.open('faq.php?seek=fcc', 'faq', 'height=250,width=500,scrollbars=yes');">Forum Civilty Code</a></td><td><input type="checkbox" name="fcc" value="agree"></td></tr>
<tr><td>I have read and agree to the <a name="#privacy" href="#privacy" onClick="window.open('faq.php?seek=privacy', 'faq', 'height=250,width=500,scrollbars=yes');">Privacy Policy</a></td><td><input type="checkbox" name="pp" value="agree"></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="submit" value="Go To The Next Step"></td><td><input type="reset" value="Restart This Step"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</center>
</body>
</html>w3c compliant browsers actually do the valign.
ie, as you can see, puts the button as a diff valign than stated, and pads, which is turned OFF