Sometimes it seems to me that this list is entirely populated by freelancers & hobbyists (not that I have anything against either).
Speaking for myself, over the last 5 years I've worked in an agency that specialised in large information resources for the third sector, digital marketing (ads), large ecommerce sites, and digital design (mostly vanity sites). I don't have a list of browsers I support, I get it handed to me by the client. IE6 has always been on it. I usually get to make the caveat that visual parity may be off with IE, but non-support is never an option. "You have to make it an option", you might say. Personally, I call that a lack of professionalism — whether it's down to misplaced political posturing or sheer laziness. The client wants this site to look as good as possible, and I can do that. It will take extra time and effort (and hence money) to make that work across the board, but it is almost always possible. If I was resolute on the "no" stance, the client would look elsewhere. Several 6-figure sites I have been involved in designing and developing were commissioned from offices that ran nothing but IE6 (and still do). If you make the effort, you can conceive that for a client to whom the website is actually important (as in, fulfills a distinct function), for example allowing people to find the information they need in their daily jobs, or selling their product directly to their customers, alienating a fraction of users, however small, is not appealing — especially when it;s such a common request. For those who are still resolute, you might at some point get a potential client who will insist on IE6 support (as I've said, this is the ONLY kind of serious client I've dealt with at all for the past 4 years) or move on to one of the million other web professionals who will support IE6. Don't feel too ashamed if you decide to give the customer what they want, earn yourself a living, and make a product enjoyable for more people. If it's really too difficult, you can always stop talking politics and ask this list for technical help — it's absolutely priceless for that ;) Regards, Barney Carroll barney.carr...@gmail.com 07594 506 381 ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
