That all sounds good to me. You dont want to say too much - only focus on the big things - because otherwise they will get suspicious and ask you to explain in more detail (which, of course, they will understand even less).
And I know what you mean about a Week of Friday Afternoons. I - for one - will be glad when Christmas is over and things get back to "normal" again. Regards, Gary On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:43:22 +0800, Kay Smoljak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have a requirements document here that I'm quoting for, that > mentions that the web site should be optimised for IE4 and Netscape 4. > Now, I'm not really blaming the client here - they obviously have no > idea what it is they're asking and have probably based it off quote > they got to do their site in 1999. However, I would like to educate > them on why supporting these dinosaurs is not a good idea. > > I have added my standard blurb about cross-browser and cross-platform > support, including that "older browsers will receive a plain 'unstyled > text' version of the site, which will still allow all content to be > fully accessed". What I then want to say is that "Fully supporting > version 4 browsers (which are now nearly 8 years old) is possible, > however extra construction and testing time will be required. We would > not recommend supporting fully these browsers, as the visual design > possibilities will be limited, the accessibility of the site lessened, > and download time increased." > > I'm feeling like this whole week is one big Friday afternoon, and that > somehow sounds rather lame. Can anyone recommend any other reasons or > throw in some kick-arse buzzwords to make me look good? > > -- > Kay Smoljak > http://kay.smoljak.com/ > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
