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[Kristina Anderson]

Bev,

Thanks, some great info!

I will read up on the below as you suggest, and have forwarded this to 
my other team member.

-- Kristina

> Kristina Anderson wrote:
> > Is there anything out there now that's a good comprehensive "where 
not 
> > to go with client side dev" overview, like we used to have?
> 
> Hi Kristina,
> 
> I don't know of anything offhand. As you undoubtedly know, web 
> technologies change so rapidly that it's well nigh impossible to come 
up 
> with a definitive guide that won't be outdated by the time the next 
> browser is released.
> 
> I'd say your best bet is just to be aware of current standards, bugs 
in 
> current browsers, and make sure you have a solid understanding of the 
> box model & proper doctypes (as already mentioned by someone else). 
IMO, 
> it's also important to understand how floats work as well as the 
cascade 
> itself (inheritance & specificity). As long as you're aware of the 
> possibilities & limitations of those things, you should be fine.
> 
> Of course, knowing who your users are is probably the most important 
> thing as evidenced by what David M. said about discovering that his 
> intranet audience was using IE6, which screwed up his cool Web 2.0 
tricks.
> 
> On a more practical & somewhat OT note, our web site clearly states 
> which browsers we develop for: only mainstream, non-proprietary, 
modern 
> browsers (nothing more than 5 years old, with the exception of IE6). 
We 
> also educate clients on what to expect--i.e. consistency doesn't 
> necessarily mean identical, pixel-perfect rendering across all 
> browsers/platforms. Oh--and this is important--we let them know that 
> while we follow current web standards & best practices, it is 
impossible 
> to predict future browser bugs & technology changes, therefore we 
cannot 
> guarantee future consistency.
> 
> Regards,
> Bev
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