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| Newer page: | version 9 | Last edited on Monday, November 15, 2004 4:10:56 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
| Older page: | version 7 | Last edited on Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:16:02 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
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* Don't put stuff in a table without <td> tags around it (IE displays it, Moz might not)
* Don't use markup purely because its default display suits what you want. Use markup that's suitable to the content, then style it using CSS, instead.
* __Don't__ create browser detection pages that lock out browsers you think won't work, or browsers you don't recognise. New browsers and versions come out all the time, and you never know when one of them will be fixed.
* Don't put tooltips in 'alt' attribute. They belong in 'title'.
-* Don't use <!-- and // --> without making sure they are matched.
+* Don't use <!-- and // --> without making sure they are matched. (IE seems to ignore "<!--" inside <script>....</script> tags, so you need a matching "-->" unless you really mean to tell Mozilla that the rest of the page is a comment)
There's a great guide on the specifics at http://nexgenmedia.net/evang/iemozguide/. See also the [Mozilla Web Author FAQ|http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/faq.html].
!!Should I support Netscape any more?
If you support [Mozilla], you're supporting Netscape 7 and up. These days it's realistic to drop support for any version of Netscape 4 or below.
