I feel IE got to this level with sheer functionality. If Netscape had kept up with functionality then the numbers would be more evenly split down religious lines ;-)
Remember, Netscape was put on the side burner and then 6 came out trying to catch up with M$. People will stay where there is support, so when NS was sidelined people moved over to IE. I have the Netscape 7 pr1 release installed and it looks like it will give IE a good challenge. I personally wished there was only one browser, because programming for a common level, takes time and you loose functionality and integration. Just my thoughts Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com Authorized Witango Reseller http://www.pcforge.com/WitangoGoodies.htm Latest downloads & List Archives @ http://www.witango.ws -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Nicholas Froome Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 10:37 AM To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: IE browser share now 93% in 2002 (Off topic news) I agree with both sides of this argument. I would, being a Macintosh user and a Libran... But is it the developer's job to decide what platforms a solution is built for? That should be dictated by the client, based on cost and audience And I think it's at that point that developers should then lobby to build in support for all platforms and for all users. A 93% share is a difficult number in every way - it might tempt some clients to ignore the 7%, but then we're all going to end up at the mercy of Microsoft. Not somewhere I want to be! Interesting that the non-Microsoft browser share is bigger than the Apple share of the PC market. Food for thought! ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
