well that's the rub isn't it - not to mention the bane of our industry. If you want it to work for everyone, make it XHTML and use no DHTML, if you're doing some funky design site or an intranet you either have control over the browser choice or you can at least stipulate.
I think the ones I hate the most are when a client has a major user who's in a government department still using windows 3.1 and netscape 2... ;( Tuesday, September 2, 2003, 3:35:46 PM, you wrote: >> He has to put up with old fuddy-duddy lecturers and others that refuse GM> to >> use anything newer than version 2 browsers - no javascript, no flash. GM> I really wonder at the Statistics sites around regarding the proliferation GM> of "current version" browsers (pick your poison - but IE6 seems to always GM> figure highly). GM> Yet..... GM> So many of our clients have Windows 95 machines running something less GM> then version 5 browsers. GM> We must just have the majority of the 5% or so of the world that isn't GM> supposedly using IE6. GM> What this means for me is...... GM> I really have to take major pains to only use nested tables. And I can't GM> load elaborate Javascript cross-compatibility libraries - because (despite GM> the statistics) lots of people have Javascript turned off. GM> And if I can't rely on these penetration statistics to be correct about GM> the browser, how can I rely on the other statistics about the widespread GM> adoption of Flash (whatever version), when it seems that the proportions GM> represented in the statistics are not born out in the real life client GM> base ? GM> Then again, maybe it is all those lecturers teaching computer science who GM> are educating our client base to stay with 5 year old technology?? GM> Gary Menzel GM> Web Development Manager GM> IT Operations Brisbane -+- ABN AMRO Morgans Limited GM> Level 29, 123 Eagle Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 GM> PH: 07 333 44 828 FX: 07 3834 0828 GM> **************************************************************************** GM> If this communication is not intended for you and you are not an authorised GM> recipient of this email you are prohibited by law from dealing with or GM> relying on the email or any file attachments. This prohibition includes GM> reading, printing, copying, re-transmitting, disseminating, storing or in GM> any other way dealing or acting in reliance on the information. If you GM> have received this email in error, we request you contact ABN AMRO Morgans GM> Limited immediately by returning the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] GM> and destroy the original. We will refund any reasonable costs associated GM> with notifying ABN AMRO Morgans. This email is confidential and may contain GM> privileged client information. ABN AMRO Morgans has taken reasonable steps GM> to ensure the accuracy and integrity of all its communications, including GM> electronic communications, but accepts no liability for materials GM> transmitted. Materials may also be transmitted without the knowledge of ABN GM> AMRO Morgans. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited its directors and employees do not GM> accept liability for the results of any actions taken or not on the basis GM> of the information in this report. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited and its GM> associates hold or may hold securities in the companies/trusts mentioned GM> herein. Any recommendation is made on the basis of our research of the GM> investment and may not suit the specific requirements of clients. GM> Assessments of suitability to an individual's portfolio can only be made GM> after an examination of the particular client's investments, financial GM> circumstances and requirements. GM> **************************************************************************** GM> --- GM> You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GM> To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] GM> MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ -------------------------------- Life is Poetry, write it in your own words -------------------------------- Toby Tremayne Cold Fusion Developer Code Poet and Zen Master of the Heavy Sleep Virtual Tours +61 416 048 090 ICQ: 13107913 --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
