Re: Application using PostgreSQL (off topic, but relevant to question)

--- "Obe, Regina DND\\MIS"
<robe(dot)dnd(at)cityofboston(dot)gov> wrote:

> One of the key benefits of a web app is that as long
> as you stick with W3
> compliance, your web app will work on any
> browser/OS.

i wanted to add that is not my experience. there are
so many hacks required to achieve cross browser
compatibility it is AMAZING.

i've literally burned weeks of time getting my
html/css right - and just spent a few days reqriting
my entire html/css infrastructure b/c ie doesn't
support the w3c standard of min-width. i could hack
it, but then ie broke other parts of the site...
hence the total rewrite.

in fact, if i had to list the most difficult thing
i've faced in web based database development to date,
cross browser html/css compatibility is #1 on my list.
using cygwin to install pgsql 7.4.x when i first
started (total newbie) is a close second... after
that, nothing is even close.

after blowing 60+ hours fighting numerous cross
browser compatibility issues, i think i finally have a
template that is sufficient to display what i want in
firefox, ie and opera. konquerer still doesn't play
nice. i don't know if mac's broser displays it fine,
although it likely does.

the #1 problem, by far, is that not all browsers
support w3c specifications... ie being the worst.

at least in my experience.

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