On 04/08/05, Haoshiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Only a couple years? I'm a bit more pessimistic. Many web developers > are still trying to ensure their site works in IE5/Mac and some even > IE5.5/Win.
Ditto. I just helped a friend who is using Win98 (not even SE). I wiped his drive and reinstalled 98 and upgraded him to IE6 (but showed him how much nicer the Gecko browsers are and he is now using Mozilla 1.7 and its email client). I imagine there are a lot of 98 users still using IE4. :-( > Only Windows XP will be getting IE7. And those willing to shell out $$ for Vista when it becomes available. This means the many W2k users (esp. corporate users) plus those still using NT4, ME, 98SE, and -- <shudder> -- earlier who either don't know how or are not permitted by their company to install a different browser will still be using IE version 6 or earlier. I'd guess if we don't want to exclude a significant portion of users from our web pages, we will have to support IE5 for at least two more years and IE6 for at least four to five more years. (Trying to be realistic) Nick is right: don't throw away your IE hacks yet. -- T. R. Valentine The only excuse for using IE is ignorance (or testing) (stupidity is a reason, _not_ an excuse). ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
