> Yes, but are there any really hard statistics about what the 
> public is 
> doing.  We know roughly 7% don't use or diable javascript.  But what 
> about disabling styles?

<rant type="unfocussed rambling">
Why is that relevant? Heck, it's almost like we're going back to the
old "how many % of users still run at 800x600...lamers"

We know it's 7% ? Do we ? Lies, statistics and lies...it always comes
down to *your* particular audience.

Yes, we have to give up a level of control on how our pages are presented
(if you want pixel perfect, go back to print, or use flash/PDF/etc), but
we gain flexible delivery based on user preferences. We're not forcing our
visual sensibilities onto users that don't want them (e.g. those surfing
with a simple text browsers couldn't give a damn about lines and lines of
markup relating to presentation, or stylesheets). However, that's obviously
*not* the same as saying that we should therefore not care about presentation
at all.
</rant>

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