[thelist] Re: Why code for standards

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Hi Bev

Quick check - by 'web users' you mean 'people who produce web
pages/systems',
which is a subset of 'people who view web pages/systems' ?

The larger group don't implement and deploy anything, and pretty much by
definition,
the smaller group is not representative of the larger one.

As for not having information - I wonder how many people are even coding to
all
the *released* recommendations, let alone for what is to come.

I've never yet seen XHTML1.1 or CSS3 used on anything but an experimental
basis,
as they both rely on UA support for them... which we don't have and won't
have until
at least the next generation of browsers. If you worked for iCab, Netscape,
Microsoft,
OmniWeb or Opera, I'd say there's a very, very good reason for you to see
the
standards ahead of release. But for developers? Can't see it, sorry.

Cheers
Martin




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Subject:  Re: [thelist] Re: Why code for standards

There needs to be some real
(demographically acurate) representation of the larger www users out there,
and I belive there are plenty of qualified people available to serve.

How can the majority of
web users, whomever they are, ever implement / deploy standards,  if they
cannot even have access to the information in the first place?  Its
rediculous!


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