Forward Compatibility
16. September 2002, 19:12 Uhr von FabianIf Yahoo would simply replace its deprecated, bandwidth-gobbling tags with bandwidth-friendly CSS, the cost of serving each page would greatly diminish, and the company’s profits would consequently rise. So why hasn’t Yahoo made the switch?
We can only conclude that the company wishes its site to look exactly the same in 1995-era browsers that don’t support CSS as it does in modern browsers that do. The irony is that no one beside Yahoo’s management cares what Yahoo looks like. The site’s tremendous success is due to the service it provides, not to the beauty of its visual design (which is non-existent).
99.9% of Websites Are Obsolete - Auszug aus dem 2003 erscheinenden Buch “Forward Compatibility: Designing & Building With Standards” von Jeffrey Zeldman.
Fabian Neumann