Re: [WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers

2004-06-17 Thread Mordechai Peller
Tim Lucas wrote: Nancy Johnson spoke the following wise words on 17/06/2004 10:26 PM EST: Most people have no idea what web standards are. And why should they? How much of the POP or HTTP standard does a user need to know? While it can be helpful for users to know what they are and what they are

Re: [WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers

2004-06-17 Thread Mordechai Peller
Nancy Johnson wrote: Most people I believe are unaware that there are multiple browsers. I think most people have at least heard of Netscape. How much beyond that. it's hard to say. * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See htt

Re: [WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers

2004-06-17 Thread Tim Lucas
Nancy Johnson spoke the following wise words on 17/06/2004 10:26 PM EST: Most people have no idea what web standards are. And why should they? How much of the POP or HTTP standard does a user need to know? I believe it is our job to use and spread web standards for the bettering of the web for *

RE: [WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers

2004-06-17 Thread Nancy Johnson
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kay Smoljak Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 4:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers I guess it depends on the kinds of sites you visit (and perhaps what you feed your dog) - I come across very few these days that don&#

Re: [WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers

2004-06-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
I guess it depends on the kinds of sites you visit (and perhaps what you feed your dog) - I come across very few these days that don't look ok in Firefox. And I don't just visit the sites of web standards advocates, honest! Even all four of the internet banking applications I use work fine in Firef

Re: [WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers

2004-06-17 Thread Joe Leech
http://www.itweek.co.uk/News/1155868 : Ubizen has advised computer users to switch to alternative web browsers like Netscape or Mozilla for the moment. I think the main problem with switching browsers is visible right there on the page. The header breaks in non IE browsers. If the user is to

RE: [WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers

2004-06-17 Thread Mike Foskett
Hi, These days I code for Mozilla. Then iron out the IE incompatibilities. mike 2k:)2 ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they a

Re: [WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers

2004-06-16 Thread Mordechai Peller
Patrick Griffiths wrote: I think what would be better than individuals switching would be for computer manufacturers to pre-install Mozilla or Opera on PC's. It would be nice if Opera would do this. I don't see it as a possibility with Mozilla for a very simple reason: money. Another possibility,

Re: [WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers

2004-06-16 Thread Patrick Griffiths
iths (PTG) http://www.htmldog.com/ptg/ http://www.htmldog.com - Original Message - From: "Mordechai Peller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 9:03 PM Subject: [WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers > This may be good news

[WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers

2004-06-16 Thread Mordechai Peller
This may be good news for standards. http://www.itweek.co.uk/News/1155868 : Ubizen has advised computer users to switch to alternative web browsers like Netscape or Mozilla for the moment. Also at: http://www.ubizen.com/c_about_us/2_public_relations/2004/040611_e.html Now the question is will anyb