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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jan 11, 2006 5:20PM

Malcolm Wotton wrote:
>>> Patrick H. Lauke said
>
>> Did I say *my* website? I'm advocating a feature that will work
>> on *all* sites, and that's the point...
>
> Sounds like you care more about getting browser developers to change their
> software than the visitors to your site. I'm willing to break every design
> guideline, recommendation, and contradict every expert if it benefits the
> users of the site

Hey, I'm willing to make house calls to every single user and
read+explain a site to them. Seriously though, I'm arguing (some might
say on a very academic level, but one that needs to be taken into
account nonetheless) for a *sustainable* solution to the problem. As
developers we can obviously try to overcome any sort of problem at our
end for the sake of "it's best for our users"...but that doesn't mean
it's the right thing to do. So, should we avoid the fundamental
discussions on the list, and simply accept that browsers will never work
towards fulfilling the user's needs?

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Patrick H. Lauke
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