> From: Oron Peled 
>
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:41:55 +0200
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > I think you missed the main point:
> > 
> > 5. Bottom line - drives away potential business (customers, 
> partners) and
> > misses the whole point of having a web site.
> 
> Very good, but now we should think of means to substantiate this
> claim. Otherwise it would be dismissed with the usual "95% is IE"

No. That's my point - having pop-ups and large downloads on every page
drives away also IE users because the site is not useable to them too.
That's why they should stop believing that all these gizmo's help their
business.

> arguments. What I was thinking was how can we show they loose
> business in general (not just Linux) -- therefore I emphasized
> the "public image".

See my reply above.

> Another linked issue. How can we address complaints to *correct*
> authority in the organization (I think marketing dept. should
> be our focus). What we need is e-mail addresseses so we can
> (politely and rationaly) complain to, thus conveying the message:
>    "It's better be standard compliant then to deal with bad
>     publicity from tech savy people about the quality of your
>     web site".
> 
> Of course every complaint should be accompanied with the known
> facts about lowering maintenance costs etc so they won't be
> pushed right away from the table due to "no money" excuses.

And in what position would you be talking to them?
If I were them, I think I'd just suspect you are trying to sell me your
services as a "portable HTML hack".

Cheers,

--Amos

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