On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 02:24:42 +0800, "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> M$ weren't testing for specific browsers to allow use of different css or
> JS, they were testing for non Ie browsers to block out...
Even worse, they were testing for SPECIFIC non-IE browsers to block out. That is
inexcusab
rgds
Frank
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> >I might be wrong -- not saying ms was right to block browsers -- but I
> >thought that ms was concerned about css, not javascript. You're a
sults start a
petition and ask others to write to the webmaster as well.
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Don't think of it as an "eye for an eye" but rather a passive protest to the
shut out of non Internet Explorer. If this is kept respectable in regards to
the user who might encounter the message it would bring across the problem
faced by non IE users. Most here wouldn't visit msn.com but the fa
>I might be wrong -- not saying ms was right to block browsers -- but I
>thought that ms was concerned about css, not javascript. You're approach
>addresses javascript, not css. I'm sure you know this, but I'll say it just
>to make my point clear: For css, you have to check for browser type, not
>
On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:01:25 -0600, Gary Traffanstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> I don't think designing sites that don't work in IE is the answer. I
> also don't think designing sites that are 100% cross-browser compatible is
> really an answer either. Microsoft has done a lot to e
This is all true and good, but I'd like to make a couple of points..
1. Nobody has ever talked about making sites not work in IE in this thread,,
I wouldn't
be that stupid, you'd lose a good portion of your audience..
I was talking about informing IE users that there are good alternatives.
and go
