I have no intention of using Internet Explorer (buggy and hackable as it
is). If the web sites I go to want to sell me something, they had
better make it so I can use the site. I can get that functionality you
speak of with Netscape. Most of the sites I go to are friendly to
Netscape, however.
Elizabeth C
Gordon Small wrote:
Hi Jim,
Sorry to disagree with you but I have a different perspective. I have been
in the computer business for over thirty years and while I agree it would be
nice to have everything generic, compatible, and usable by anything that
wants to plug in to it, access it, or otherwise use it, the reality is that
some functionality is usually lost. I for one want that extra functionality
when it comes to my web pages. I like dynamic web pages, clickable maps and
FrontPage extensions, etc. In fact I did my first clickable image map as a
result of this thread. If I was a business and trying to attract users to my
site then It would certainly make sense to make it generic so all browsers
displayed it the same way.
M$oft IE is still the browser of choice. I don't know their market share but
most people I know use it. I have tried using Mozilla and Netscape and
found it frustrating that they don't work with some sites. I know that the
reason is that those sites are not written in a "generic" way but using IE I
haven't had a problem viewing any sites. I guess my opinion would be for the
other browsers to be more compatible. I haven't tried Firefox yet. Yeah, I
know, standards, standards, standards but the standards issue isn't getting
any easier to resolve.
I have a brother that has been an Apple computer user since they came out
and he has been fighting the compatibility issue for, well forever, since
the PC came out. He does have a Microsoft Windows emulator for his Apple
though it doesn't really make it totally compatible either. He just last
year relented and bought a laptop PC.
When I started loading web pages and letting the family know about them, I
did mention that if they were using a browser other than IE that the pages
may not display properly.
Also, I am not an expert on HTML and trying to keep my pages compatible with
all browsers just seemed like it was going to take more time trouble than I
wanted to invest.
Just my thoughts.
Gordon
----- Original Message -----
From: "J & K Sindberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] imagemap html scripting error
LUGers,
I am not an expect in HTML, but used to write COBAL, Fortran,
etc. years ago. Question: Have you validated your
code at http://validator.w3.org/ ?
Also is your code generic and usable by all web browsers?
With the big push to get out of Bill Gates' pockets,
other web browsers have gained popularity. But the
browser wars still persist. So please make your
code as generic as possible. Some of these automated
code witting programs (Frontpage, Dreamweaver,...)
add a lot of trash to their code which puts additional
burden on servers.
Jim, Legacy user since 1998
"Nearly 32 men out of 100,000 will die of prostate
cancer; 27 women out of 100,000 die of breast cancer."
MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press 2005
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