> 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.
I am not claiming they are, but if one suggest to not support IE6 and even other IE version then it becomes as professional as MS and I think sticking to their level would not be very helpful. In the real world, where people work in a company it is not about what you feel like doing but about doing the work professionally and like it is expected. > 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 I don't think many new application are create for intranet to be fair, I think it's more public website that are mostly build as new and still require IE6 support. Oh and to be clear, I don't like it like everyone else nor do I like supporting it, but I don't think users whom might not have the possibility to upgrade or use any browser they want should be penalised for it. Some countries laws will find that inaccessible which can conflict with the country laws on accessibility. Not supporting some browser by choice can actually get a company into a lot of trouble. And everyone know IE6 is not the only browser, this is not the point, the point is that some are stuck on IE6 and not by choice. > 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. Policy at work is that we do test our newsletter in all major email clients, including online ones. Is it a a pain in the ass? For sure, but the amount of support and people complaining is reduce and ence the little money we spend testing save us a great deal in support and handling complains from clients. > 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! In the real world clients are not all that open to be educated and a lot don't really care about things that would make our life easier, they only care about their side of the fence like they should.... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
