The chart below shows the percentages of browsers out there. IE6 43% 46% 39% IE5 48% 37% 37% IE4 2.3% 1.2% .8% IE3 .05% 0 .8% IE2 .05% 0 .05% Gecko (NN6+, Mozilla, ...) 1.5% 3.4% 11% NN4 2.8% 5.9% 3.3% NN3 .05% .15% .05% Opera .95% 1.1% .75% (other) 0 1.7% .35% (unidentified) 1.3% 2.8% 7.3%
This is from http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat.htm. Go there to see why there are three categories. Although NN4 represents a small percentage of browsers, take into account how many customers you or your client have and then figure out what percentage of them cannot view your site properly, and if your or your clients site is one source of revenue, do the math to figure out how much you or they are losing. I have a client, who first thought that supporting NN4 users was not going to happen, but then they did the math, and stood to lose 0ver $26,000.00 based on these percentages. To them this is a big deal, so I had to make sure that the site supported NN4+ and IE4+ browsers. Just my .02 Bruce -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 9:30 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: OT: Can form fields look differently? > Netscape 4.x doesn't support most style elements on Remind me again why we should support NS4.x ? ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
