[Pydotorg-redesign] What are the goals? -> CSS/XHTML

[Todd Grimason]

* Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> [2003-09-29 22:10]:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2003, A. M. Kuchling wrote:
> > 
> > Tim is doubtless worried that the mandate will be for the site to look 
> > identical in both NS4 and current Mozilla/IE/Safari/whatever.  
> 
> That's ridiculous.  From my POV, NS4 is simply one of a long line of
> non-mainstream browsers that must be supported (Lynx, Links, Internet
> appliances, various cell phone and PDA browsers).  There's no way we can
> mandate an idential look across all these platforms, particularly when
> you start considering that 800x600 vs 1280x1024 might as well be
> different platforms.

It is ridiculous, but you'd be (shocked|amazed|disappointed|&c) by how
many clients still demand it. Thankfully that number is slowly
declining now, but it has been (a very painful) standard requirement
from clients for years now.

Compliant CSS/XHTML will guarantee legibility on all clients, and
nice presentation on the majority of clients. Also reduced bandwidth
and easier maintenance.

It appears an agreement has been reached!(?)

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