one standard, one platform... it's a pain to design for all these
browsers... so I don't anymore... just waiting for Netscape to fully go
away... I mean it basically has... but why waste time designing for a dead
browser? Besides no matter how much time you spend doing it, someone always
gets left out.
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Daniel Farmer
Producer / Coldfusion Developer
http://www.bernardclark.com/danfarmer.ca
P: 613.284.1684
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: text editor for content manag. systems
>Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:34:38 -0800
>
>Net who?
>
>My $0.02 ;-)
>
>-Novak
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Irvin Gomez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:29 PM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: Re:text editor for content manag. systems
>
>
>Rick:
>
>How and where do you draw the line? I mean, how far back do you go in
>suporting old browsers and how do you know when to stop? What's the
>criteria?
>
>I think this is a legitimate question that every developer faces at one
>time or another. I'm interested in hearing other people's opinions.
>
>irv
>
> >Dan Farmer wrote:
> >> But you never will be able to support 100% of your visitors, no
>matter you
> >> do or how many hours wasted trying to do it. Can't justify the costs
>in
> >> that.
> >
> >It doesn't cost me a penny more to support them. I simply avoid using
> >things that only work in IE.
> >
> >In my freelancing business, I have clients who use Macs and don't use
> >Internet Explorer. It would cost me money NOT to support them via loss
>
> >of income. In my day job, a lot of the users of my web apps are Mac
> >users. Hell, the director of my department (my bosses boss) uses
> >Mozilla on a PC as his primary browser.
> >
> >I've even got a DHTML menu on day job's web site for navigation. I use
>
> >a little tool called DHTML Menu Builder, and it even works on Netscape
> >4.7x browsers.
> >
> >To each his own, I guess. Ability and interest in programming for all
> >browsers makes me more valuable in my current job, and it makes me more
>
> >valuable to my current and potential future clients as a freelancer.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
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