Location: Misc

Where I've Been...

I've got a bit of work to do on the world travel front.

create your own visited states map or write about it on the open travel guide

create your own visited country map or write about it on the open travel guide

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Web Standards 01-Sep-2003

I used to really try to support old browsers, but as I move towards XHTML and CSS, that is going to get harder and harder. I recently came across the following quote on A List Apart:

• "Long considered the Holy Grail of web design, "backward compatibility" has its place; but at this point in web development history, shouldn't we be more concerned about forward compatibility?"

At some point, it becomes unreasonable to try to maintain compatibility (custom code) for Mosaic and Netscape 4. I think it is time to let the non-standards compliant browsers fall by the wayside. People that really know CSS can code so that a site will somewhat gracefully degrade. Since I have just converted everything to XHTML and CSS, I am sure that I have not really gotten that part right yet. If I have done something in a non-optimal manner, please feel free to let me know.

These pages actually render fairly well on just about everything. I have personally tested:

• Safari 1.x (Mac)
  
• Konqueror 3.x (Linux)
  
• Lynx 2.8.4 (Linux)
  
• Mozilla 1.x (including Camino & Firebird) (Mac, PC, Linux)
  
• Netscape 7.x (PC)
  
• Internet Explorer 5.x (Mac, PC)
  
• Internet Explorer 6.x (PC)
  

I have not attempted to support PDAs and phones; and do not plan to. This site also probably fails accessibility standards. I will be working on that as time permits.