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---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Adrocknaphobia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:23:47 -0500 >Again... this is the stupidest thread I've ever had the pleasure on >deleting nearly 90 times. Will you people just grow up? > >Why is everyone so concerned over Andrew's philosophy? How can you sit >here and make these BS arguments, when you dont apply this reason to >any other type of applications? Why does every html based application >have to render in every browser? Why is it ok to write a program that >only runs on linux, or OSX when you could obviously just write >everything in Java for all platforms? Why do you not care that games >are published for gamecube and not Xbox? What is this double standard? > >I can agree with you if you are talking about a public website, but >come on.... Andrew writes web applications built for IE because its >adds value to his applications. We have 30+ intranet applications I >support written only for IE 5.5+ within the Dept of State. Now >according to Nathan I must be some kinda of moron, but why would I >spend any extra development time while hindering features just to >support the latest open-source browser that is prohibited on my >network? Thats not to say that the public website I'm about to launch >isnt a CSS1 masterpiece (beacuse CSS2 will not exist until IE decides >it can) because it is. > >Web sites have vastly different requirements from web applications. >This is not a tough concept to grasp. Andrew writes an app that sells >for 200k, even though its built for IE only, so what does that say >about your entire argument. Your envy isn't completely masked by your >tech-arrogance. > >The fact is that the general public could care less about the 'browser >war' or Firefox. If its installed and they can access google and ebay >its a good browser in thier mind. This utter drivel will make no >impact on that what so ever. So lets stop making the same points over >and over again, and get Mike to drop this thread which is so obviously >so far of topic the letters cf haven't even been used in a sentence. > >-Adam > > > >On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:28:14 -0800, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > And intranet systems are always designed with one >> > browser in mind and one only, >> >> Always? are you sure about that? On our intranet some people use Macs >> some windows (and now a few linux boxes on the sys admin team) - and >> our intranet works on all browsers (though the new version which is >> not out yet is, stupidly in my opnion, windows IE only) >> >> >> >> -- >> ~The cfml plug-in for eclipse~ >> http://cfeclipse.tigris.org >> ~open source xslt IDE~ >> http://treebeard.sourceforge.net >> ~open source XML database~ >> http://ashpool.sourceforge.net >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:186587 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
