On Jul 17, 12:02 pm, Gilles <gil...@netxtra.net> wrote: > Stop supporting IE or even just IE6 would be very unprofessional, it's > not a question of balls, it's a question of professionalism. Not > supporting IE doesn't damage IE in any way, it's the end user that get > all the problems.
Then Microsoft is unprofessional. Take .doc from 97 and 2003, their own proprietary format, not backward compatible. MS says to OWN customers upgrade (pay) or get screwed. HTML is not proprietary, has no lifecycle (HTML 4.01, DOM2, CSS2.1 - it is still there) MS doesn't have balls for open competition. Only thing they are good at are close systems and dependent customers. Make something good but modify it a little (or more) so it can not be used to the full extend. > Some company keep using IE6 not always because their employees can't > upgrade themselves but because some corporate have intranet system > which are vital to theeir work and unfortunately depending on the age > of the system so will only work in IE6 and nowhere else. Ok. Just don't develop ""new"" applications to those systems. Maintain obsolete hacks and go arounds. Running old bulbs? Pay high bills to support utilities. More people are changing for better? Your old bulbs are not manufactured any more? Upgrade or build a factory for your old bulbs. IE6 is not the only browser. Get some older versions of Opera, Netscape > Support of browser should be made cleverly and it all depends on the > targeted audience, the number of IE6 users or even just IE is much > bigger from 9 to 5 than any other time, simply because companies are > open then. > > So if your website targeted visitor or companies and their employees > IE6 support is very high, if you are aiming for the genral public > support for IE7 is higher, also still need to make sure IE6 doesn't > look too rubbish for the computer illeterate who don't know how to > upgrade. If you do a website aiming at geek then it could be possible > to drop IE6 support all togerther I guess. When you develop mail application do you care more about Outlook? Or any possible mail client to be able to read the message. Target audience has Outlook? Let's change the email... With this rational, MS is winning and can take advantage of more and more users. Any user, corporate or not can upgrade with a simple click. Don't throw perls to a swine. Educate, help, be patient.. But don't let anyone to waste your life (and his money) with IE6-7-15. There are alternatives - a click away! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
