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Originally Posted by scastle
People, if Jerrek wants to develop for a certain browser/platform combination (and risk having his apps stop working if people stop using that browser as happened with Netscape), that is up to him.
Surely the pressure should be on Microsoft to bring IE closer to the w3c standards?
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Very true. And not so long ago we rejected a potential supplier because in our perception they were in bed with M$ and not sufficiently committed to developing fully standards-compliant web-enabled apps. That means they missed out on about £20,000 worth of business. As an international company (and a major plc) we simply can't afford to have a web presence that sections of our audience might not be able to access. It's not our job to tell them which browser to use (I loathe splash screens with 'optimised for XXX' or 'works only with xxx').
If enough purchasers of software solutions become aware of the issues, and the advantages of designing according to standards to reach a maximum audience, then maybe the pressure will mount on M$.