Hello Gordon, I have to agree with you. I have Opera, Firefox and Netscrape just to try out incompatibilities on my website. All have plusses with speed but otherwise do not compare with IE. Standards are fine, but when it comes to usability, I have to hand it to IE. The main minus with IE is its vulnerability to hackers - because it's the most used browser - but if kept up to date and the usual net precautions are taken, there's no problem. My Site Stats since the 1st Jan show IE (all) 90.6%; Mozilla (all) 4.3%; Opera (all) 3.4%; Netscrape (all) 1.4% and quite a few others I've never heard of forming the rest.
-- Rodney HALL Heywood, Lancashire Suaviter sed fortiter Agreeably but powerfully ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmhh.co.uk/ http://rmhh.org.uk/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Gordon Small > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 5:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] imagemap html scripting error > > Hi Jim, > > Sorry to disagree with you but I have a different > perspective. I have been > in the computer business for over thirty years and while I > agree it would be > nice to have everything generic, compatible, and usable by > anything that > wants to plug in to it, access it, or otherwise use it, the > reality is that > some functionality is usually lost. I for one want that extra > functionality > when it comes to my web pages. I like dynamic web pages, > clickable maps and > FrontPage extensions, etc. In fact I did my first clickable > image map as a > result of this thread. If I was a business and trying to > attract users to my > site then It would certainly make sense to make it generic > so all browsers > displayed it the same way. > > M$oft IE is still the browser of choice. I don't know their > market share but > most people I know use it. I have tried using Mozilla and > Netscape and > found it frustrating that they don't work with some sites. I > know that the > reason is that those sites are not written in a "generic" way > but using IE I > haven't had a problem viewing any sites. I guess my opinion > would be for the > other browsers to be more compatible. I haven't tried Firefox > yet. Yeah, I > know, standards, standards, standards but the standards issue > isn't getting > any easier to resolve. > > I have a brother that has been an Apple computer user since > they came out > and he has been fighting the compatibility issue for, well > forever, since > the PC came out. He does have a Microsoft Windows emulator > for his Apple > though it doesn't really make it totally compatible either. > He just last > year relented and bought a laptop PC. > > When I started loading web pages and letting the family know > about them, I > did mention that if they were using a browser other than IE > that the pages > may not display properly. > > Also, I am not an expert on HTML and trying to keep my pages > compatible with > all browsers just seemed like it was going to take more time > trouble than I > wanted to invest. > > Just my thoughts. > > Gordon Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
