IE 5.5 is a large security risk though. It isn't a matter of telling
users they have to upgrade because you want them to, but because your
application would not be secure if running on IE 5.5. If you want a
good argument, you could argue that the company is liable for the
information security inside of your application. Allowing your
application to run in IE 5.5 is leaving your company liable for the
security flaws of IE 5.5.

A large portion of Microsoft security patches are for IE, and
therefore IE 5.5 is really out of date at this time. It isn't a matter
of functionality, but security. IE 6 requirements are:

Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP

So the only reason that you would have to support IE5.5 is if you
support Windows 95. Which if you have to deal with, I am *very* sorry
as Win95 is the primary source of Zombies on the network these days
and an extreme security hazard.

If you have to support IE 5.5 and have no recourse, I would recommend
against using any kind of JSF application that provides any kind of
skinning. On IE 5.5 you should minimize your CSS usage, and Trinidad
skins tend to use a lot of CSS.

Possibly, you may want to consider using only the core JSF tags with
IE 5.5. You can try Trinidad on 5.5, but you may have to customize its
code and more than likely write your own skin file to "dumb it down".
Heck, maybe forcing Trinidad into using the PDA rendering engine is
more compatible with IE 5.5. AJAX isn't much of an option 5.5 (I have
seen a lot of complaints with AJAX problems on it)

On 9/6/07, Nebinger, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Stephen Friedrich wrote:
> > >
> > > Now I have two choices:
> > > I either fulfill this requirement or I try and pick a fight.
> > <devils_advocate>
> > And apparently, since everyone in your organization is
> > equally lazy, the guidelines will stay fixed forever.  :)
> > </devils_advocate>
>
> I think you folks are being way to hard on this guy.  Browser version
> support typically is driven by outside forces...  You need to know who
> your user base is and what kind of browsers they have.
>
> I'm part of a 3PL, one that works with many mom-n-pop trucking
> companies.  I count myself lucky if those folks have a computer at all,
> let alone a modern one with a 6.0 or greater IE.  Sure, I could say to
> them 'you need to upgrade', but they could turn around and tell me they
> don't want my business, something that I need to have.
>
> I'd love to tell everyone to use firefox (as it is more modern and
> secure), but the choice is not mine to make, it is the end users'
> choice.
>
> Oh, and don't overlook the fact that many govt sites still require IE
> 5.5 (some even list 5.01 as the required version)...
>

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