Is it just me or is this strange?

Hi,

I actually like Bing and have been trying (in vain) to get it as the default search engine on all my browsers (IE8, FF 3.5, Chrome and Safari). What I discovered was this is possible for every browser except Safari but that was not what I found interesting. Chrome and Safari render the page incorrectly.

I wonder if it has something to do with the engine or their hatred for MS.

 

lol. Take that:


Well if you check in your Firefox screenshot, that double line on the bottom of the window is rendered higher than in IE as well.

Chrome and Safari render the same because I believe they use the same engine. If anything, I think IE renders things 'wrongly' to make things easier for designers (a little loose on the standards).

 

I have read some web developers/designers complain about IE being b*tch to code for because of its poor web standards compliance, so being loose with the standards is not supposed to be easier. Correct me, if I am wrong.

 

Maybe I should have written "easier".

 

IE7 and IE8 were much easier to code for, requiring few or even no changes.

IE6 is difficult for those that don't know about IE-specific conditional formatting - you basically slip IE6 a version-specific stylesheet that overrides your normal styles where necessary. It is easy, clean, and even passes validation. But yeah, IE6 had a mind of its own.

 

Is it just you or is it strange..... that you prefer Bing to Google? Yes, it is just you and yes, it is very strange.

 

Yes, I do because I hate having to refine my search several times to find what i want and I like how Bing organizes the results.

 

There really aren't "web standards" that everyone agrees one. It's more of the idea that many web developers just happen to use many of the same technologies.

As of yet though, there isn't a SPECIFIC set of broadly agreed upon web standards.

 

Actually, I am a girl but that is ok.

 

IE assumes a lot, so it is newb HTML coding friendly. But if you really want to check if your code is solid, then use Firefox. It's a rock solid indicator if you need to debug.