On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Bas Wijnen <
wijnen@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 04:23:49PM -0800, Ron K. Jeffries wrote:
>> A different opinion:
>>
>> We want [need] as many people to buy and use the Most Excellent (and VERY free)
>> Nanonote as possible.
>>
>> A web site that's usable by PEOPLE who are interested in this
>> fine product should not require them to abandon the [mainstream] browser
>> they currently prefer.
>
> I find it unlikely that people interested in free hardware will have IE
> as their preferred browser. This is based on nothing, though.
I belief the point here was, that we should not limit people to access
>
>> Making a straight ahead site such as sharism.cc work with major browsers
>> is not a big deal. [the small glitch I saw is already FIXED!]
>>
>> Let's not be so ultra-purist that we reject people who have not YET
>> totally accepted the free, open, libre. copyleft dogma.
>>
>> > Bas Wijnen schreef:
>> >> I suggest dropping support for non-free browsers (IE and Safari), and
>> >> adding
http://validator.w3.org/ to the list[1]. If it validates, it
>> >> most likely already works in all browsers except IE.
>
> This however is still true. If the site validates, it will work
> everywhere. If the IE support isn't tested anyway, a validating site
> actually stands a bigger chance of working there than a non-validating
> site.
>
> So I'm not suggesting to make life harder for non-free browsers. I am
> suggesting to put no time in them. Follow the standards, let them be
> able to read standard sites properly. For the most part, even IE
> already does (AFAIK).
I am in full agreement here. Started getting rid of validator errors.