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> On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Richard Tammar wrote: > > > I also agree with Colin that sites *should* be optimised for > everyone; and > > if I had the resources at my disposal, I would advocate just that! > > Unfortunately I don't and because of this I am willing to compromise on > > style if not accessibility. > > This argument crops up every time a new browser is released. I remember > the flame wars about using tables when NS2 came out; the arguments over > background colours in tables when NS3 came out etc. > > At the end of the day, if you follow the spec you don't have a problem, > and you don't need to "optimise" your pages. If you ignore the spec, > expect to suffer down the line. It's surprising just how good a site can > look and still validate. People need to get out of the "design for print" > mindset and start writing proper HTML. > > Does anyone know of any good tools for checking the compatibility of Web pages against various browsers? I use Dreamweaver 2's facility for checking compatibility when creating or editing a page. This works well but is not suitable for checking a lot of pages let alone a whole site. Netmechanic (www.netmechanic.com) will do it but a tool we could run locally would be useful. Dave Cunningham %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%