Brian Foy wrote:
Neato CSS trick fails in IE? Dump it, at that point it's nothing but bloat for the majority who won't see it (including your client).
Painful to hear, but a very good point.
Someday MS will get on the ball (we hope), until then, if we want to make sites for the majority, we have to stop looking down our noses at IE as a bastard afterthought
...even if it is.
The good new is that there is no guarantee that IE will maintain it's market share. A number of factors suggest that it might slip. If it does start to slip, even if it is only to around 80%, I would think that should be enough to question the above point.
Some of signs that is might slip are increasing computer literacy in the general public, increased awareness of Mozilla and Opera (media reports, Opera on mobile phones, etc.), and increased acceptance of Linux. We can aid this further by educating our friends, family, and clients.
Netscape lost it's market share to IE, in part, because Netscape got complacence and IE became the better browser. While bundling was a major factor, Netscape maintained it's lead for a while despite that.
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