I think it's a pretty safe bet you've never actually used QNX.
In fact, tell me if you do anything besides play with it, and say "gee, that looks really cool; I wish it had some apps", and then go back to your pitiful little slashbot existence. Please, let me know.
well nielson's definition of usability isn't considered a standard.
Nobody said that it was.
but anyways, xhtml/css pages done using completely standards compliant css will not display correctly in an old browser.
I have an "old" version of lynx which displays standards compliant pages very well. It's only Netscape 4.x and a few others that make a mess of style sheets.
The campaign has nothing to do with complexity of design. I fail to see how creating websites using new HTML standards will cause "Jakob Nielson type websites" to become outdated. If anything, the embracing of XHTML/CSS should improve usability - something that Nielson is in favour of.
now comes a campaign to rid the world of this important compatibility factor so a bunch of WYSIWYG web designers can whip up dirty broken code that everyone can see as they wish it to be, while invalidating millions of users with valid standards-following browsers.
That's almost the exact opposite of the aim of the campaign (did you read the linked article at all?).
The aim of the campaign is to have people writing standards compliant websites, using (X?)HTML and CSS. Also, lynx happens to make a very neat job of displaying such pages.
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Amazon.com got their one click patent, didn't they?
Do you complain like this when you're actually given free beer?
I think it's a pretty safe bet you've never actually used QNX.
Try www.qnxstart.com for some apps.
Nobody said that it was.
I have an "old" version of lynx which displays standards compliant pages very well. It's only Netscape 4.x and a few others that make a mess of style sheets.
The campaign has nothing to do with complexity of design. I fail to see how creating websites using new HTML standards will cause "Jakob Nielson type websites" to become outdated. If anything, the embracing of XHTML/CSS should improve usability - something that Nielson is in favour of.
That's almost the exact opposite of the aim of the campaign (did you read the linked article at all?).
The aim of the campaign is to have people writing standards compliant websites, using (X?)HTML and CSS. Also, lynx happens to make a very neat job of displaying such pages.
Web Standards Project? Aren't W3C supposed to be in charge of web standards?