They typically don't, unless they are paying the developer to develop a web based application that is cross browser and has 'advanced' capabilities for the end user. Then they indirectly care by caring about the cost.
- Calvin -----Original Message----- From: Adrocknaphobia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:48 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Internet Explorer 7 (no really!) The only people who care if a browser is complaint are web developers. Why would anyone outside of a developer care that IE doesn't meet W3C standards? -Adam On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:47:46 -0500, dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > any browser thats directly connected to the os, should be concidered "broken", any email client thats connected directly to the os should be concidered "broken" > > so long as ms keeps all their products connected (for easier user interaction, so they say) its gunna be a mess. > > And IF they actually did make IE7 compliant then that would give the users a real choice of what browser to use and I think we know what would happen and ms isnt about to let people have a real choice cause they will lose money. > > ---------------------------------------- > From: "Matthew Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:01 AM > To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > Subject: RE: Internet Explorer 7 (no really!) > > That's really a stretch... a security system broken by design? What's your > source on that? > > - Matt Small > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:26 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Internet Explorer 7 (no really!) > > Matthew Small wrote: > > OK, you're right... no plans to upgrade something from which they make no > > money and have no competition. I suspect most companies would do the > same. > > The promise of a new browser for a new OS is a feature of that new OS, > just > > as most any new feature is part of an upgrade. Would you ask Macromedia to > > backwards incorporate Flash Forms or CFCs in CF4.5? > > If that was the only way to stop the onslaught of patches for > never ending security holes in a product that we can now safely > say has a security system that is broken by design I would do that. > > Jochem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:195108 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
