Problems with KDE4 under Kubuntu Hardy

[Art Alexion]

On Sunday 01 June 2008 21:04:53 Derek Broughton wrote:
> Art Alexion wrote:

> >
> > Konqueror, possibly my favorite piece of software, is a second rate
> > browser.
> > Not third of fourth fate, but not first rate either.  It just doesn't
> > work on a lot of web sites many of us need — with me, for instance, my
> > bank.
>
> I understand your complaint, but I disagree with the reasoning.  It doesn't
> work with your bank because it's a _first-rate_ browser, and your bank has
> second-rate web programmers :-)  (OK, there are actually standards-based
> problems with Konqueror, too, so it isn't as good as it should be, but I
> agree with the developers that it shouldn't be running
> in "handle-all-of-IE's-bugs mode").

Derek,

I don't have the luxury of not using my bank's online banking service
because it stretches standards.  

If we think of software as a tool,then I want a tool that does the job.  I 
want a crowbar that will pull most all nails, bot just those nails that 
adhere to certain standards.

In this "adherence to standards" debate, I lie with those who insist that 
software that *creates* stuff should adhere to standards when doing so, but 
software that *accesses* stuff should be able to access anything a user is 
likely to come across.  That is what makes it a powerful and valuable tool.

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