On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 15:12 +0530, thomas wrote: > Menas, Mozilla is not as efficient as IE is? We have nevere faced any > problem with IE to access any site. >
That is like asking "why can't an Indian speak Swahili as well as a Swahili?". Many sites are made specifically to be accessed only by IE. And you should know that this is a BAD thing. Here is why: Not just computing but every technical field has certain agreed upon standards and conventions to ensure that different products from different providers can inter-operate. This usually leads to benefits for the consumers of the product, because standardized products means he can choose any of the competing solutions for his needs. Now notice the word 'choice' at the end of the last para. Standardization is all about empowering the consumer by giving him choice. What web sites like icicidirect.com do by creating IE-specific and non- standard compliant websites is actually taking away choice from the hands of people like you - the consumer. You already see the effect it has on you - you cant use the site from Linux. Why? - Because it needs to be accessed by IE. Now why isn't IE available on Linux? - Because Microsoft doesnt want to. Why not? - Because it doesnt help in selling its own operating system. (Note that Microsoft earlier provided IE on Solaris and Mac - two totally different operating systems from its own. So IE on Linux is technically feasible, just not feasible from its business point of view). So as a consumer, your need to access websites like icicidirect is dependent on the whims, fancies and business needs of a corporation. All this wouldnt have happened if the website was created using standards. Then it would be upto YOU, as to which operating system or computer you should be buying or using to access these websites. So in short, what icicidirect is doing IS A BAD THING. :) - Sandip -- Sandip Bhattacharya * Puroga Technologies * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: http://www.puroga.com * Home/Blog: http://www.sandipb.net/blog PGP/GPG Signature: 51A4 6C57 4BC6 8C82 6A65 AE78 B1A1 2280 A129 0FF3 _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
