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Saving Bandwidth Through Standards Compliance, Pt. 2

Posted by timothy on from the sometimes-they-come-back dept.

elijahao writes "In case part one of the interview with Mike Davidson of ESPN was interesting, the second part has been posted today."

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  1. Re:Annoying! *groan* by h3 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Netscape 4.7? It's only two years old, guys. It isn't like it's hard to code a page that will look correct in NS4

    Well, while the specific dot version may only be two years old, I believe the NS4 series was released in the '97-'98 timeframe, making the codebase in the area of 5-6 years old! That's half the age of the web!

    And no, it's not hard to code a page that will look correct in NS4. It is hard to code a page that will look correct and good, and do so in the most recent browsers, and use proper and conforming markup, and so on.

    I've given up on NS4 as a developer. I make sure my pages are viewable and functional but I completely strip them of any layout- basically, they don't get styled at all, except for any tweaks required to make them viewable and functional- and provide a little notice of what to expect and urge them to upgrade. They work, but it looks like crap, but I think anyone using NS4 in this day and age probably understands the consequences of that decision (whether it's their own, or not).

    -h3