Rob Kersting wrote: >Carrie: > >As far as I can tell, good code will work with all browsers. Stick to HTML >standards and you'll be fine. > >It's only when people start "dressing up" their websites with ActiveX and >JavaScript and lots of bells and whistles that accomplish nothing except to >feed the ego. > >An example, I had to wait almost two minutes on a DSL for a website's >JavaScript applet to load. Know what I waited for? A damn digital clock. >Displaying the same time my computer displays in the menu bar (and in the task >bar on Windows). What a waste of time and bandwidth. > >My point is, just because something can be done, doesn't mean it must be done. > >Stick with the KISS principle, you'll be better off. You can get the same point >across with basic HTML as you can with the complicated add-ons. > >rob > >PS- Don't get worried that you're "only running 9.2." I still use 8.6 here in >the office with great success and in a great state of happiness. > > >Carrie Yandell wrote: > >>In answer to your question about why not X.. I definitely use X at home >>and I love it :) >> >>Unforunately, I work for a church organization which doesn't have the >>funding to give me nice computers. Also, I am trying to emulate our user >>base which are generally churches and home users with not up-to-date >>equipment. We have 90% using IE and nearly 10% Netscape with others being >>absolutely negligible, less than .05%. For platforms, we have 10% mac and >>almost 90% windows with, again, others scoring less than .05%. Of the >>windows we even have 3.x users, so we're not working with high quality >>stuff! >> >>I have access to an old powermac with 9.2 and id on't even know if X will >>go on it. Nevertheless they're not about to go buy me a license for it - >>at least not this year! So I'll do my OS X testing at home :) >> >>On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Jerry Yeager wrote: >> >>>Netscape 7 seems to have overtaken the earlier versions in that the >>>number of users hitting the sites is largely 7.x users. >>>Don't overlook the rest of the Mozilla based line though. Mozilla itself >>>has a large number of Mac users as does Chimera (which is rapidly >>>gaining users). Opera and iCab also have significant userbases. >>> >>>IE tends to be 5.x for the most part, though there are still a small >>>number of 4.x users out there. >>> >>>You are running 9.2...why not run X? The number of X users is quite >>>large and all of the browser developers are nowadays putting their >>>efforts into X versions. >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>>On Tuesday, October 1, 2002, at 04:19 PM, Carrie Yandell wrote: >>> >>>>Hi! >>>> >>>>I'm putting together a 'testing suite' for work and of course I'm >>>>demanding to have a Mac to test the website on. We only have one, and it >>>>runs 9.2. My question is, if you were to pick the version of IE and >>>>Netscape that most mac users on 9.2 will have, what version would that >>>>be? >>>> >>>>Thanks! >>>> >>>> Carrie
I may be outdated, but I have to agree with Rob. I made my web site using very basic HTML code. It may not be the "latest and the greatest", but it's accessible to anyone who visits (AOL permitting). The only razzle-dazzle you'll find at my site is in the documents I have stored there and in the graphics pages. -- Tony LaFemina Major in Layout & Design Techniques Minor in Software Fundamentals http://hometown.aol.com/visitmacland/index.html mailto:remacs at optonline.net The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
