Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Deadman's new site finally up!
From: George Hartzell <hartzell@cs.berkeley.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 07:44:45 -0700
References: <B71DFC59.D0D1%john@pinkheadedbug.com>

Johnny Deadman writes:
 > [...]
 > If you have time & inclination, please check it out and let me know what you
 > think. Bouquets and brickbats equally welcome, but do your best to break it
 > please! [...]

I haven't had time to look through the content much, but something on
the front page caught my attention:

- --->This site is optimized for viewing in Internet Explorer 5.
- ---> Netscape browsers may not display content correctly.

It sent a bunch of thoughts swirling around my noggin' (in decreasing
order of rationality):

  - what features did you use that break non-IE browsers?

  - any problem w/ Mac IE, or will either version work?

  - do you have stat's from your site that give you a handle on how
    many folks you've abandoned (<-- uh oh...)

  - are you using hand-coded html, or are you stuck w/ this
    restriction because of your authoring tool's restriction?

  - <rant>How could you abandon the noble goal of cross-platform
    compatibility???</rant>  Seriously, I'm interested in what
    motivated/drove the decision.

g.

In reply to: Message from Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com> ([Leica] Deadman's new site finally up!)