Only for sites I absolutely must use, and even then I only do so for that particular site. Simply running around the Internet pretending to be a different browser and/or OS just going to hurt in the long run, and depending on the site, will get you invalid markup/css for your browser.
Do you mistrust Google so much, or Konqueror's security so little? I think you're being overly paranoid, but at any rate, why spoof as IE in that case? Just make something up, like "Mozilla Watersheep" (hey! a practical use for Firesomething!)
Yay, let's return to the glorious days of yore, when browser-specific hacks ensured web monkies a full-time position maintaining unmaintainable code! Not.
You're confusing patents and copyrights. At least in the US, copyright is a (supposedly) time-limited protection offered automatically to artistic works and "intellectual property". Patents are the formal registration of inventions with the Patent Office, and are protected for 20 years after the date of filing. There is currently no renewal procedure for patents.
I don't know enough about the IBM LZW patent to comment on it, but logic dictates that it must be substantially different from the Unisys patent, or they wouldn't have been able to receive a separate patent.
when I use the site with javascript disabled, I need to not notice that it's not there.
Yes and no.. good web design demands that a site be functional with or without script. However, you will certainly miss out on features like dynamic menus, and the experience may be worse, slower processing for forms, because the server has to make a round trip for validation every time, etc..
And if I can't tell whether it's there or not why bother writing it in the first place?
It's about enhancing the user experience and pushing more work onto the client instead of the server. Likewise, if sites are usable with images disabled, why do web designers bother using graphics in the first place?
Someone has been kiting SCO stock for months, every time it starts falling, somebody puts in a large order and the price holds steady or shoots up again..
Most javascript content I've seen is for annoying popup ads and popunders[snip]
In my opinion, allowing scripts to open unrequested windows is a security problem with the browser. It's unfortunate that unscrupulous people have abused these features, and probably most people tend to notice Javascipt only when it's annoying them.
When a well-written script is properly integrated into a document (form validation, DHTML menus, etc), you won't even notice it's there.
I agree, that's why practically all my web development is XHTML+CSS compliant. However, if a particular browser has a rendering bug, I'd like to know about it.
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I concede you're more knowledgeable than I regarding Star Wars mythos. Good info. :)
Is it too much to ask for them to just provide a torrent?
The Sith are not a race, they're an order like the Jedi. Darth Maul was just a freaky alien Sith lord, not representative of their entire makeup.
I like this one better:
Star Wars Ep III: The Death of Jar-Jar
No doubt. Pong here, with 10 exciting variations!
Goddamn marriage-control nuts. It's just a civil union, not a religion.
Whee!
In a way, I agree. Accidents invariably happen, and when they, do it's better that IT is accountable instead of you. :)
(Speaking from personal experience here, rm core * is a bitch.)
Are you saying the default user agent string for Konq under Debian is 'MSIE/Windows'? That's quite extraordinary!
Great, have fun with your nested <TABLE>s, maze of <FONT>s, and <img src="spacer.gif">s. I'll be busy getting stuff done with XHTML+CSS.
Only for sites I absolutely must use, and even then I only do so for that particular site. Simply running around the Internet pretending to be a different browser and/or OS just going to hurt in the long run, and depending on the site, will get you invalid markup/css for your browser.
Do you mistrust Google so much, or Konqueror's security so little? I think you're being overly paranoid, but at any rate, why spoof as IE in that case? Just make something up, like "Mozilla Watersheep" (hey! a practical use for Firesomething!)
[snip] because Linux is still quite hard for non-geeks to use.
Or maybe, it's because Windows is so easy to pirate, eh?
Yay, let's return to the glorious days of yore, when browser-specific hacks ensured web monkies a full-time position maintaining unmaintainable code! Not.
You're confusing patents and copyrights. At least in the US, copyright is a (supposedly) time-limited protection offered automatically to artistic works and "intellectual property". Patents are the formal registration of inventions with the Patent Office, and are protected for 20 years after the date of filing. There is currently no renewal procedure for patents.
I don't know enough about the IBM LZW patent to comment on it, but logic dictates that it must be substantially different from the Unisys patent, or they wouldn't have been able to receive a separate patent.
when I use the site with javascript disabled, I need to not notice that it's not there.
Yes and no.. good web design demands that a site be functional with or without script. However, you will certainly miss out on features like dynamic menus, and the experience may be worse, slower processing for forms, because the server has to make a round trip for validation every time, etc..
And if I can't tell whether it's there or not why bother writing it in the first place?
It's about enhancing the user experience and pushing more work onto the client instead of the server. Likewise, if sites are usable with images disabled, why do web designers bother using graphics in the first place?
Someone has been kiting SCO stock for months, every time it starts falling, somebody puts in a large order and the price holds steady or shoots up again..
Most javascript content I've seen is for annoying popup ads and popunders[snip]
In my opinion, allowing scripts to open unrequested windows is a security problem with the browser. It's unfortunate that unscrupulous people have abused these features, and probably most people tend to notice Javascipt only when it's annoying them.
When a well-written script is properly integrated into a document (form validation, DHTML menus, etc), you won't even notice it's there.
SCO and the North Korean government, two organizations made for each other..
I agree, that's why practically all my web development is XHTML+CSS compliant. However, if a particular browser has a rendering bug, I'd like to know about it.
Or use BrowserCam. For a small fee, they will provide screenshots of your site from all the major browsers on demand.
But you would have to be both super-geeky and middle-aged to understand it.
Oh yes, ancient as 30 no doubt..
Why not use "Bookmark this group of tabs"?
(standard Mozilla functionality)
I can remove IE from my system. Behold!
$ rm -rf ~/.cxoffice
PHP, it's a weapon of mass construction..
Fucking technophobes. Anything they don't comprehend must be censured.