[thelist] targeting effectively (was: navigation through form posting)

Matt Liotta mliotta at iname.com
Sun Mar 24 17:18:23 CST 2002


Just because it validates and IS standard doesn't mean it will work in my
user's browsers.

-Matt

On 3/24/02 3:11 PM, "Warden, Matt" <mwarden at mattwarden.com> wrote:

> On Mar 24, Matt Liotta had something to say about Re: [thelist] targeting...
>
>> On 3/24/02 2:49 PM, "aardvark" <roselli at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> how about because it *can* and it doesn't take any extra development?
>>>
>> That statement is simply not true. Not only does it take more development
>> time, but it also takes more QA time. A small percentage of users simply do
>> not justify the expense.
>
> I don't think you quite get it. No one is suggesting that you test your
> site in every single device known to man. You're still stuck in your
> approach of coding to a browser. Code to the standard. Code
> smartly. That's just about all you've got to do.
>
> run it through the validator. that's your extra QA time.
>
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> mattwarden
> mattwarden.com




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