To XHTML or not to?

Gabriel · 03-10-2002, 03:35 PM

I know some sites have strict policies about what browsers they support. But what about those who are just deciding that?

XHTML 1.0 , CSS 2 and ECMAScript are a great way of making a great site: separation of content from presentation (beyond programming MVC, at design level), the posibility of creating new designs and layout just by creating a new CSS file, etc...

Do we still have to do TABLE-based layouts, with up to 4-5 levels of nested TABLEs which are impossible to read by hand, and risk a disaster of some browsers, or just go with layers (DIVs) and CSS positioning?

Sites like A List Apart (http://www.alistapart.com) have gone to great lenghts to convince us that conding according to standards is the right thing to do, but all wise people know that there is no such thing as the "one true thing".

So... what do you support?

View Poll Results: What browsers do you support?
Netscape 2 and IE 2 or newer.	1	14.29%
Netscape 3 and IE 3 or newer.	0	0%
Netscape 4 and IE 4 or newer.	2	28.57%
DOM and CSS compatible (Mozilla, IE5, Opera) and newer.	3	42.86%
Only IE6 with Flash, Shockware, QuickTime, Windows Media Player, Real Player, Beatnik, VRML, Java 1.4 or newer.	1	14.29%
Voters: 7. You may not vote on this poll

03-10-2002, 03:35 PM	#1
Gabriel Sibling of the Commonweal Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bucuresti, Romania Posts: 16	To XHTML or not to? I know some sites have strict policies about what browsers they support. But what about those who are just deciding that? XHTML 1.0 , CSS 2 and ECMAScript are a great way of making a great site: separation of content from presentation (beyond programming MVC, at design level), the posibility of creating new designs and layout just by creating a new CSS file, etc... Do we still have to do TABLE-based layouts, with up to 4-5 levels of nested TABLEs which are impossible to read by hand, and risk a disaster of some browsers, or just go with layers (DIVs) and CSS positioning? Sites like A List Apart (http://www.alistapart.com) have gone to great lenghts to convince us that conding according to standards is the right thing to do, but all wise people know that there is no such thing as the "one true thing". So... what do you support?

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