On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:43:08 -0800, "John Hokanson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Monday 29 October 2001 09:11 am, you wrote:
> > Actually, I made no reference to linux at all...
> >
> > simply open standards and free software, thats all.
> >
>
> Then say so. Don't tell people they might not be able to view
> your site with MSIE. That runs counter to all the whole point of
> the web, which is to make information available to as many
> people as possible. If you can't ensure that 2/3rds or more
> of all web surfers can view your site, you are a poor web
> designer just like the idiot's who use client-side VBScript.
> Whether you hate MS or not is really irrelevant.
No, the message is saying that IE users may not be able to view the site
_properly_. They are not being blocked, just warned.
One of the worst things about (particularly large-scale) web design is
browser-compliance. If we can replace this with a single standard to follow,
things can be better for both webmasters and site visitors. Pages will be
simpler and quicker to design, and can be more feature-packed because designers
are not afraid of browsers not complying. There will be no need for excess
compatibility code or multiple versions of the same page, so page loading will
be faster. If we can gently nudge people in the right direction of using a
standards-compliant browser, the world can be a better place. There is no
malicious MS-style intent here.
> So basically, you want people to switch browsers so they switch to
> Linux. It seems to me you have little concern for freedom of web
> navigation.
Leave Linux out of this. The issue is on standards-compliance.
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