> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Livingston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 2 September 2005 11:02 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Text Size Statistics > > On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 03:44:33 -0400, Andreas Boehmer > [Addictive Media] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But does it look professional if we put up a page somewhere > saying: you > > can't see our page because your browsers are old? That's > like going back > > to > > the habit of writing "this website is made for 800x600" at > the bottom of > > the > > page. Both looks like a cheap excuse. > > I would say: forget about old browsers like Netscape 4.7, > but don't try > > to > > write any excuses about it. The client's don't care about > our excuses > > anyway: either they can see the site or they can't. > > As far as putting up a page saying "you can't see our page > because your > browsers are old" is far different than the 800x600 thing. > "This website > is made for 800x600" basically means 'I made my site wrong'. > The former > means 'You are looking at a modern, standards-compliant and > correctly > constructed Website using outdated software'. >
That is quite a statement. Why does "the website is made for computers with large monitors" mean it was made wrong and "the website was made for computers running the latest software" is correct? In both cases the assumption is made that users have upgraded their machines to the latest technology. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
