----- Original Message ----- From: dave o'brien Subject: Re: OT: What Do You See?
> Should I only provide pictures on my website as .gifs because Netscape 1.x > doesn't support anything .jpgs? If you are writing an image gallery, and you know that a significant proportion of your viewers are using Netscape1.x, then you damned well should be using gif images, at least as a mirror to the jpgs. I think that as web page writers we need to be aware that our viewership may be several generations behind in their level of available technology. I tend to be slow to embrace anything that is supposed to be new and better until it is middle aged and proven. In our example with CSS, there are significant problems with implementation, no matter what browser you choose. The browsrs you quote may well work with the standards of the moment, but the standards themselves keep getting changed. Now, are we going to force our viewers, who may be on slow internet connections with older hardware to download a bunch of new software and keep trying to make our pages work? There are too many intercompatability issues with computers. The newest software might cure the common cold, but it might not run on the OS in use. Do you really think that a person will bother to try? I suspect they will just go elsewhere for their web based information. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
