Brian Crescimanno wrote:
> 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.
>   

Hi Brian,

This is a frequently asked question on css-d (and in web design circles 
in general) but one that has no right answer, is entirely personal, and 
liable to get people upset at others opinions. Because of that, and 
because it's not really a discussion of how to use CSS, it's not really 
on-topic to discuss on the list here. If you wanted to talk about *how* 
to hide styles from certain browsers, instead of *if* you should, that 
would certainly be on topic.

Thanks,
Zoe

-- 
Zoe M. Gillenwater
Design Services Manager
UNC Highway Safety Research Center
http://www.hsrc.unc.edu


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