On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > even if you have a legal copy of windows, it is still illegal to > > install IE on linux. Please read the IE EULA. > > > > Just a question, probably flamebait, so hiding behind a firewall ;) > > Why can't Firefox/epiphany/konqueror/<insert your favourite FOS > browser here>, instead of just not working on EI-only sites, work in a > compatibility mode (i.e. support their lameness), while at the same > time informing the user that the web designer is a lazy fool who > doesn't really know his skill at all? BTW, I'm only talking about the > IE way of doing javascript, not activex. Probably because,then the user won't care,since he can do his work and not care about standards,openness or anything.If they don't work,he *might* ,at the minimum,use Firefox's Report Broken Website dialog to inform Mozilla,and we can thus reduce the number of IE-only sites out there. Regards, Easwar Registered Linux user #442065 -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
