* DeMoN LaG ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010922 17:36]:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hall Stevenson) wrote in
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], on 22 Sep 2001:
> >
> > When you say 'people' I assume you mean geeks or nerds, right ??
> > They're the only ones who care about being compliant with standards.
> > Ask your co-workers if they know what W3C standards or if they care
> > what they are. They want a browser that *works*. They won't accept
> > a browser that's slower than the one they're currently using. They
> > won't accept one that doesn't work with their online banking when
> > the 'other' browser does.
>
> His co-workers don't design web pages. If cnn.com, abc.com, nbc.com,
> nhl.com, espn.com and cnet.com all started designing pages that
> required a higher standards compliance than MS is willing to produce,
Web designers *won't*. They aren't going to try and convert users or
convince users. They look at their webserver stats and decide who to
optimize/design their site for. They do it for the majority...
> people *would* go find a browser that let them do all the fun stuff.
> People use IE for 2 reasons: Been using it for a while and have
> no reason to switch (IE, competition may be just as good, but not
> better), or they don't even know they have a choice
You're right about that part about not knowing they have a choice. Their
O/S comes with a web browser already installed. No need to go download
something different. This pre-installed browser works for the majority
of sites they visit. When it doesn't work right with a site, they think
"that's a pretty messed-up website'. They don't notice or *care* about
that little disclaimer about 'This website works best with mozilla
and/or Netscape 6'.
My point again is that users - the average people like your parents,
children, co-workers, etc - don't give a rat's ass about 'standards'.
They want something that works with the sites they frequent now.
I do want mozilla to succeed and be a top-notch web browser. I use Linux
so I don't have much choice. My current browser of choice is Opera too.
Mozilla is still to sluggish for me. Yes, my machine is older - it's got
an AMD 450 with 128mb RAM. Don't tell me I need a more powerful machine
to run *a web browser* !! And no, I'm not running mozilla v0.8.x either.
I'm actually running a cvs version, packaged for Debian. It's version is
this: 0.0.20010914.10.trunk-1. 'About mozilla' tells me it's 0.9.4+.
Regards
Hall
