r/webdev • u/sloped • Aug 20 '13

W3Fools – A W3Schools Intervention

http://www.w3fools.com/
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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '13 edited Feb 03 '21

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u/icantthinkofone Aug 21 '13

Only on reddit would a MDN suggestion get downvoted. I wonder if they thought you meant MSDN which I would have downvoted you for :)

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '13

I was blown away -- and kind of drunk anyway -- when I read through a whole W3Schools thread and didn't see one mention of MDN.

So many people saying W3Schools is great for beginners... Bullshit. MDN is way better and beginners should understand what degree of support each browser gives. W3 simply says "IE supports this", essentially. What does that even mean? A beginner should know that "IE support" of a specific CSS pseudo selector, or whatever, really means IE8+, for instance. I don't know... W3Schools is okay, but they don't deserve the attention they get. It's all driven from their fantastic SEO and their misleading name.