[documentation] Manage inconsistency in themes

[=?unknown-8bit?B?Quhy?= Kessels]

On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 03:33:09PM -0800, Kieran Lal wrote:
> On Nov 9, 2005, at 2:21 PM, Richard Archer wrote:
> 
> >Does the theme have bugs in display?
> >
> >Does the theme have cross-browser problems?
> >
> >Do two themes I want to use put elements in different and
> >inconsistent place on the screen?
> 
> Based on feedback we believe it is these three.  We can still go back  
> and do some more research, but a quick review of bugs posted against  
> these themes and discussions with themers make it clear.

As a long time CSS lover (hater) i think this is simply impossible. If
people are really that concerne about cross browser issues of themes,
they should get a better browser. But above all: they should grok the
concept of HTML and CSS. for that was NEVER meant to be cross browser
similar.

Anyway, we could run trough all themes and *validate* them. If not, we
have a bug. If they do, but they look different on various browsers, the
browser has a bug. I'd say the latter cases have low priority, since
they are very hard to fix, often fixing them breaks more then it fixes
in the end, and more often fixing them instroduces new issues in some
future.

If, however, we can state that a theme validates, it is clear that we
have done all we can to make the themes right. We can then point people
filing issues at the fact that it is not drupal/theme, but their
(clients) browser.

Ber