On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> So it is not evil on the
>  part of the managers and 'programmers' - sheer ignorance. The problem
>  is that it is not easy to make something compatible with both IE and
>  other browsers. It is expensive - so unless the expense is worth it,
>  they will not do it. Note that it is easier to write a standards
>  compliant page and then tweak for IE than to the reverse. And it
>  requires a good knowledge of css, js and html - which eliminates 95%
>  of all web programmers. A long, uphill task.
>
>

So, is an activist "Hall of Shame" on
"So it is not evil on the part of the managers and 'programmers' -
sheer ignorance."
an answer?

I believe most of these banks/institutions would be outsourcing this
work. Could we suggest certain clauses in RFPs which can take care of
this situation? Should we suggest a community standardised "Acceptance
Testing Framework" so as to resolve this issue more decently? At least
then we can ask these organisations to adhere to this framework.

anand

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