Re: info center search. III.

["trevor perry" <trevorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I know AOL ship IE. But, don't AOL ~own~ Netscape? I would have thought they 
were promoting NS before this...

To add to this thread, my simple concern is that I may have to become 
multi-browsered. I don't write any HTML code that will work outside IE. That 
covers 99.99% of my audience, and since IE is "free", I can access 100% of my 
audience. While this does rule out NS users, that population has become so 
small, that requiring that small population to use something free is not a 
concern to most business/personal web page owners. It is not exclusionary as 
much as it saves me a LOT of time in my development process with only a very 
small amount of grief - that is easily overcome.

When I tried to learn DHTML, I found I could do a whole lot with IE controls 
that added value, but they did not work in NS. If AOL starts shipping NS or 
some variant, unless it supports those controls, then it will cost me a LOT of 
time - and the reward is small, IMO.

Just my 2c.

Trevor
trevorp@looksoftware.com


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Kevin Barry
  To: midrange-l@midrange.com
  Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 1:43 PM
  Subject: Re: info center search. III.


  BOBC@ri-net.com wrote:

  > In fact Lou, your perspective is really the problem.  If we as web
  > developers band together and say firmly:  WE DO NOT SUPPORT NS6 --
  > It will (as it is doing) go away!  I'm no fan of microsoft, but the
  > browser wars are over, MS won!  Its that simple.
  > ...

  Maybe not that simple after all.

  I remember reading, not too long ago, that AOL has finally decided to
  junk the current browser and replace it with NS6 or a variant. When
  (and if) it happens you will suddenly find millions of NS6 users
  running amok on the web.

  Scary thought, eh?

  Regards,
  Kevin Barry

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