Re: [MACCAWS] Webmonkey article: Web Standards for Hard Times

On Friday, August 9, 2002, 7:22:24 AM, you wrote:
> We need to clarify what we're talking about when we refer to 'hacks'.

My personal definitions are:

"Hack": A work-around that fixes buggy, broken or nonexistent support for a
standard in one or more browsers. Hacks don't (maybe "shouldn't") break
standards-compliant browsers, or stop the page from complying to standards.

"Syntax hack": Similar to the above, but taking advantage of basic flaws in
browsers parsers, such as CSS. Commonly used to hide CSS from buggy browsers.

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Tom Gilder
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