you lose points for not having forward compatibility. think of the future! | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

there on June 16, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple-like Retina Effect With jQuery

you lose points for not having forward compatibility. think of the future!

jasonkester on June 16, 2010 [–]

Indeed. Forward compatability for IE is groovy and all, but how does a fella go about predicting document.getElementById back in the days of document.all and document.layers?

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact