On Feb 7, 2007, at 3:06 PM, Carla Martinek wrote: > > And back to being forced to use I.E.... THAT really makes me angry. > Once again, Micro$oft uses NON-STANDARD web programming on its sites. > They refuse to conform to the W3C standards, which would allow the > content to display on any W3C-compliant browser. Apparently they're > SPECIAL.
The problem here is actually rather widespread. A lot of companies write web apps that work *ONLY* with IE, and they don't care if they break every standard under the sun, or that IE is a very insecure browser. I'm not interesting in bashing Microsoft per se, but rather the whole mentality that arises from never questioning the assumptions and ignoring any contrasting information. For some real work-time fun, you can try asking such departments, or those who administer rollouts, about using Firefox. :) Then again, I've always enjoyed stirring up the hornets' nest from time to time. Tarage ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. DITA West 2007--Use a discount code of "TECHCOMMPROS" to get a discount rate of $200 off the $900 registration price. http://www.travelthepath.com/conf/dita2007.shtml _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
