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> You can follow standards and still have these functions in IE. Or is
> that an oxymoron? If you code most things to standards (so all browsers
> work) then add those things that only IE can do, you are still getting
> your results aren't you?

Actually, you've just described the single most important principle of
good web design. The formal term for it is "graceful degradation." HTML
was specifically designed for it, and you can see it in action if you look
at the "embed tag within an object tag" format for calling the Java
Plug-In. The idea is that a properly designed browser simply disregards
content it can't deal with, and a properly designed page anticipates this,
and provides as complete content, and as close to the intended user
experience, as the browser permits.

--
JHHL



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