[Info-vax] IE8 got me too :-( Sorry Jeff.

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <TK9PAYZrZv2V at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
	koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
> In article <7r8j3oF3qnU2 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>> 
>> Why should anyone care?  
> 
>    Because it costs money to pay people to make web pages compatable
>    with all the non-standard web browsers, 

What does it cost when they can't read your page with their browser
of choice and they go to another company who's web page they can
actually see to buy their products?

>                                             and it costs money to have
>    potential customers come to web sites thier browser won't read.

Exactly.  And who's responsibility is to make sure the web page is
readable by any browser?  Certainly not MS.

> 
>    And because some of us are professional programmers who believe
>    failure to follow standards is a sign of poor software quality.

That is funny in a DEC group.  Ever see all the non-standard stuff
DEC put in their Pascal Compiler and then lobbied to to get it all
included inthe next standard.  In any event, especially today, too
many of these "standards" are ivory tower products designed and
pushed by people who don't have to put up with the crap we are talking
about here.  And chasing the next standard is not necessarily good
for business.  If you need to write non-standard code to make sure
everyone in the world can see your web page that is what needs to
be done to succeed.  All the standards compliance in the world does
no good when yur company folds because everyone bought their favorite
widget from your competitor.

bill
    

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