Now cut that out (smile or no smile)!
I use Windows machines exclusively and prefer to browse using IE as that's
what my main audience uses. I pick up many things that Russ on his non
Win/IE combination misses (not that he doesn't check but they are not his
defaults and things do slip through).
I'll check on the boutique browsers but until one of them gains the market
share, IE is the default target. Keep in mind that I am an application
developer, not a designer so I care little about the 'look', that's for the
designer to look after.
I am a huge standards advocate, but I'm also a realist that has real clients
with real audiences.
The previous comment was a good one.
But, if you're in the business of building web apps that target a
specific platform.. :)
This reference to web applications could mean an Intranet Application
(known audience technology) for booking resources, filling in leave
applications, database editing, phone lists etc. or a CMS Administration
console or an online banking tool where you can specify (or test for) a
specific user_agent and design a really great application in that framework.
I often limit CMS Administration consoles to IE as I may well use an inline
HTML editor (an Ektron one for example) that invokes a dll on the client. In
my experience this is a lot more stable than Java applets and other stuff
that will allow stand-alone (non operating system-integrated) browsers to
use them.
Peter
hmmmI smell Troll...
You don't work for Microsoft do you David?
:)
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