Andy Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Anybody know about these? There's a web site I've attempted to view on >4 different browsers (2 Mac, 2 PC) where the images won't display >correctly. The images appear as they should on my sister's XP Laptop. >I've contacted the site administrator, and he says it's because the >browsers don't render vector images correctly. He says, part: > >You problem is mostly what I thought it was... You can't process the >vector >images. The XP machine likely has a more uptodate version of IE >installed. >And some plugins you don't have. Unfortunatly some images can't roll >back to >the gif/jpg formats for one reason or another. In a few cases there is >no >GIF/JPG but most have a fall back image and IE5.x is too stupid to use >it >when the plugin isn't available. > >Is this something that IE5.2 and Safari are capable of? I've never run >into it before, and couldn't find much documentation that I could >understand--most stuff seemed to be aimed at creating, rather than >getting your browser to display them.
That's because you, the browser user, shouldn't have to worry about it if the person(s) creating the web site has done their job(s) properly. This is really just a symptom of the 'Gee, doesn't everyone use IE6?' mentality that infects some web designers [sic]. They make zero effort to ensure their web site renders properly (or at all!) with older or alternative browsers--even to the extent of not taking the trouble to detect which browser/version you have and at least putting out a 'Sorry, our website doesn't support your browser/version' message. (And by older/alternative browsers, I don't mean Mosaic 1.0; but IE5 and Netscape 7.0 at a minimum). The good news is that this problem is somewhat self-correcting. Web sites that don't display properly with older/alternative browsers are limiting the number of potential visitors--it's their own self-inflicted loss. Most of the large commercial websites like Amazon, CNN, etc. manage to get their content out without exclusively relying on features available only in IE6--they go out of their way to support a variety of browsers/versions (it's not even that expensive--there are plenty of tools and html validators to help ensure a site will render properly with a variety of browsers). I guess you could say they want our business (or visit) more than than they want to use the latest IE6 features. ;) Sorry to rant on, but this is one of my pet peeves. -Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "You can't brew a premium lager with a kool-aid mentality." --Harold Green in _The_Red_Green_Show_ -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
