Comments on: Stop referring to the W3Schools browser usage stats http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2007/05/18/stop-referring-to-the-w3schools-browser-usage-stats/ Updates on the march of progress. A weblog about web design, standards, web browsers, and the overall health of the Web. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:45:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2007/05/18/stop-referring-to-the-w3schools-browser-usage-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-4043 Anonymous Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:44:36 +0000 http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2007/05/18/stop-referring-to-the-w3schools-browser-usage-stats/#comment-4043 I can only add that when I started to actually delve deeper into the matter of HTML/CSS, I also found W3Schools and thought they'd be an "outreach" organisation of the W3C. And discovered that they're low quality (for my standards). Thank god there's such a <a href="http://selfhtml.org">great resource</a> available online in my native language! I can only add that when I started to actually delve deeper into the matter of HTML/CSS, I also found W3Schools and thought they’d be an “outreach” organisation of the W3C. And discovered that they’re low quality (for my standards).
Thank god there’s such a great resource available online in my native language!

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]]> By: Mitch 74 http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2007/05/18/stop-referring-to-the-w3schools-browser-usage-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-4025 Mitch 74 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:49:35 +0000 http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2007/05/18/stop-referring-to-the-w3schools-browser-usage-stats/#comment-4025 W3Schools is useful as a lexicon: if you don't remember what that HTML tag or CSS attribute accept as options under which browser, W3schools is a nice summary - although incomplete. However, it's true that while their website's content is, indeed, useful, the website itself... well... sucks. Badly. David's website provides a much more extensive description of what is supported - or not, PositionIsEverything and howtocreate.co.uk provide good basics on how to use HTML and CSS to do flexible and nice designs... But sometimes you need a memory refresh on what you can do with what tag under what browser can support what parameter. For that, I must admit that W3Schools does provide a nice, comprehensive reference. Don't learn design from them, though. W3Schools is useful as a lexicon: if you don’t remember what that HTML tag or CSS attribute accept as options under which browser, W3schools is a nice summary – although incomplete.
However, it’s true that while their website’s content is, indeed, useful, the website itself… well… sucks. Badly.

David’s website provides a much more extensive description of what is supported – or not, PositionIsEverything and howtocreate.co.uk provide good basics on how to use HTML and CSS to do flexible and nice designs…

But sometimes you need a memory refresh on what you can do with what tag under what browser can support what parameter. For that, I must admit that W3Schools does provide a nice, comprehensive reference.

Don’t learn design from them, though.

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]]> By: David Hammond http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2007/05/18/stop-referring-to-the-w3schools-browser-usage-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-3965 David Hammond Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:48:46 +0000 http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2007/05/18/stop-referring-to-the-w3schools-browser-usage-stats/#comment-3965 <blockquote>Why is my e-mail and name are required fields?</blockquote> I think that was a default WordPress setting. I've changed it now.

Why is my e-mail and name are required fields?

I think that was a default WordPress setting. I’ve changed it now.

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]]> By: Zoffix Znet http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2007/05/18/stop-referring-to-the-w3schools-browser-usage-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-3964 Zoffix Znet Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:37:39 +0000 http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2007/05/18/stop-referring-to-the-w3schools-browser-usage-stats/#comment-3964 Yeah, a huge amount of people think that W3Schools is provided by W3C. What pisses me off the most is that some people (after pointing to w3schools site and getting blamed for that) say that "W3C docs are not for beginners" ~_~ --Why is my e-mail and name are required fields? Name can be subbed to "Anonymous" if none was entered.. and mail... mystery. Yeah, a huge amount of people think that W3Schools is provided by W3C. What pisses me off the most is that some people (after pointing to w3schools site and getting blamed for that) say that “W3C docs are not for beginners” ~_~

–Why is my e-mail and name are required fields?
Name can be subbed to “Anonymous” if none was entered.. and mail… mystery.

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]]> By: bruce http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2007/05/18/stop-referring-to-the-w3schools-browser-usage-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-3955 bruce Fri, 18 May 2007 15:30:14 +0000 http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2007/05/18/stop-referring-to-the-w3schools-browser-usage-stats/#comment-3955 Thank god someone said it. I've heard people quoting the w3schools site as if it were the w3c! Thank god someone said it. I’ve heard people quoting the w3schools site as if it were the w3c!

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