Re: Re: supported browsers

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:57:07 -0500, Mike Combs  
<mike-bOqQQZLftadWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:

> At 06:43 PM 3/17/2004, Michael Zeltner wrote:
>
>> http://plone.org/development/teams/ui/BrowserSupport
>
> I think the spec would be stronger if instead of "action menus" and  
> "date widget", it specified browser capabilities.  (Unless I'm missing  
> something, date widget isn't a browser feature, right?)

Correct, this is not the case in Level4, though.

> If, in order to implement action menus and a date widget, we require w3c  
> DOM support, then it'd be better to call that out.

Yup. Added to the list.

> Also, there are a few techniques (enclosing divs in divs) and hacks that  
> can help a LOT when supporting IE's interpretation of the box model.  I  
> suggest, though it's blasphemous, that you use these in Plone 2.  The  
> only ugly code will be in the CSS, which is easily modified, and the  
> benefit in terms of real-world support for real-world users will be  
> huge.  This will reduce the need for Plone webmasters to implement their  
> own solutions, and promote forward compatibility.

Plone already has a lot of this.

> I'm running Plone 1.03, so I can't call out any specifics in the Plone  
> code, but I could point to pages describing these techniques.  Let me  
> know.

Plone 2 is lightyears ahead in this regard. :)

Also added a few more browsers to the list, and demoted Mac IE 5 from  
Level 2 to Level 1 unless someone wants to take ownership and maintain it.

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