On 13/02/2006, at 8:46 PM, David de Bhál wrote:
Where are the figures for Australia?
I can't find any but the point is we wouldn't need them if IE complied to standards.
I use CSS to do layout in any web site now. Years ago I had to write two web sites, one for IE and one for Netscape. Now I still have to write two - one for IE and one for standards (enough) compliant browsers. If you follow web standards your site will automatically work in Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Safari, Opera, Konqueror but not in IE.
It's not about Bill Gates or Microsoft, it's about usability and security.
Every computer we touch gets Firefox installed and set as default browser, with a 1 minute explanation as to why. The users quickly work out that it's a better browser and don't go back. So I hope that we have contributed to it's growth in Australia, we touch about 2000 computers a year.
Thanks to Windows Update, IE6 has effectively wiped out IE5. Do you know that IE7 won't break your app? How about IE8? Does it work in that butterfly thing that appears to be Microsoft's priority in browsers now?
I understand your commercial argument but I think your product would have much more universal and ongoing appeal if it could work in any browser, even on a PDA, or at least any modern browser.
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