[plug] [OT] XSTL .vs. PHP .vs. ???

Craig Ringer craig at postnewspapers.com.au
Fri Jun 4 12:53:11 WST 2004


On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 12:26, Shayne O'Neill wrote:
> The trick is to make sure stuff degrades well.
> 
> Ie, the page works well with it, but without it also works well, just not
> as flashy.
> 
> Ie, one might validate some stuff with jscript, BUT if the browser doesnt
> the server still returns a friendly little page that says what went
> wrong.

This works well when the problem is browser support. Unfortunately, many
issues are caused by browser brokenness - it thinks it supports
something and tries to use it, with awful results. Think for example of
the ie versions that render 'em' as 'px' in CSS.

Craig Ringer




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