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Originally Posted by handyman
Site looks great for me (IE6 whore)
You could try getting a proper browser?  
Seriously I design my sites purley for IE as thats what most people have, can't be chuffed with any of this old hat netscape reworked rubbish. |
Yep, it worked for me when I reverted to IE. The point is, I don't like IE as a browser. How would you like it if you were suddenly told you had to have a Phillips TV as several TV shows won't display properly on other models of telly?
I think the most important aspect of this is the financial one - I will not now order our daughter's Dedication Day cake from M&S because their website didn't work for me. That's one slice of profit gone. How many more people will do the same? A small but significant number, I think. And how much money do you think M&S saved by employing a web designer who was cheaper because he took less time, because he only bothered to check his work against one browser?
Lazy web design is, I believe, going to become a financial issue for companies like M&S who want to sell online. If upstarts like Amazon can manage to make it work, then old companies like M&S have no excuse.