On 6/20/07, Zoe M. Gillenwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (You really should try to get your client to upgrade to IE 6 at least.
> Try telling them that their browser is several years old and thus
> vulnerable to lots of virus and spyware attacks. That usually works.)

Good technique; and where I go here may be out of bounds--but I think
it warrants discussion: is there a browser version you can point to
and say "look, I'm sorry, we just can't support that."  In my opinion,
IE 5.5 has not been "standard issue" since 2000 or early 2001 at the
very latest; that is, it is at the very least 6-7 years old.

I would hope, at this point, we can all agree that attempting to
support Netscape 4.x (released 1998) or IE 4.x, and probably 5.x is
just out of the question.  But when is it reasonable for us to point
to IE5.5, its broken box model, and its complete lack of support from
Microsoft and say "Nope, not doing it."  Quite frankly, I'm already in
that boat personally, but I do see a lot of people still considering
it at this point and I really do wonder why.

Brian
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