The versioning switch is not a browser detect. PPK: “In other words, the versioning switch does not have any of the negative effects of a browser detect.”
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The versioning switch is not a browser detect. PPK: “In other words, the versioning switch does not have any of the negative effects of a browser detect.”
It's true, the versioning switch does not have any of the negative effects of a browser detect. It has a conglomerate of other problems, though. Instead of being able to target a given set of W3C Specifications, web authors are now supposed to target a given version of a rendering engine instead. Who in their right minds can think that this is a good idea?
If you really want to target Internet Explorer 6 or whatever version of Internet Explorer's rendering bugs, then that should be your choice and you should make that explicit. The rest of the world trying to code their web sites against W3C specifications should not have to bother with this nonsense, especially considering that they aren't the ones targetting a rendering enine.
The switch is okay, it's just the inverse of what it should have been.