what do you mean "IE is no longer free" ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "jon hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: Re: IE6 is the new NS4
> I'm sure that's similar everyone thought 4 years ago when NS4 was > orphaned for Mozilla. At least it's better than IE3 and NS3... > > The problem is that we have already had IE6 for a while now, and the > whole industry has been stuck waiting for them to fix some crucial > bugs (hopelessly broken box model anyone?) that are creating huge > obstacles to progress. Now we have to wait much longer for every IE > user on earth to upgrade beyond XP. Do you really think that every > Windows user is going to upgrade in the next 5 years? > > What it comes down to is the fact that IE is no longer free. Kill the > competition then raise prices, and we as web developers are going to > be paying for it for the forseeable future. I don't know about you, > but developing for a platform that isn't progressing is not where I > want to be. > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tuesday, June 3, 2003, 10:11:58 AM, you wrote: > JD> Well, if we are stuck with developing in a browser for 5 years (I doubt > JD> it) then it's a hell of a lot better to be stuck with IE 6 than with > JD> Netscape 4. > > JD> At least in my opinion. > > JD> Jim Davis > JD> President, http://www.depressedpress.com > JD> Webmaster, http://www.firstnight.org > JD> Webmaster, http://www.cfAdvocacy.org > JD> Senior Consultant, http://www.metlife.com > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 1:06 AM > >> To: CF-Community > >> Subject: IE6 is the new NS4 > >> > >> http://www.web-graphics.com/mtarchive/000881.php > >> > >> I've finally gotten around to reading all the analysis of all the big > >> news last week about IE, and my first response is to hate Microsoft > >> and their buggy browser, and my second is to perhaps I should resign > >> myself to fealty to the Microsoft empire. This is so similar to > >> when Netscape killed NS4 it's scary. Web developers were stuck > >> developing for an incredibly buggy browser for years after it was end > >> of lifed. > >> > >> Thankfully, since the announcement of Royale, I've started a low-level > JD> PR > >> campaign for Flash here at work and it's working. We have been pretty > >> Flash resistant in the past, but I'd rather develop for Flash than get > >> stuck developing for IE6 for the forseeable future. I just hope Royale > >> is all it's cracked up to be... > >> > >> -- > >> jon > >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > JD> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
