RE: ASP Threshold information

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

More importantly, this is a business decision, not a religious one.
Those who insist that browser dependence is some sort of ethical
atrocity are handled quite simply with this: does your site run with
Lynx?  If not, then you're a hypocrite.  If so, you are to be commended
for the time spent, and lauded for the fact that you have such time; ROI
is evidently not a concern for you.

For the rest of us for whom ROI is an issue, the calculation is very
simple: determine how much revenue you will get by supporting Browser X
and then subtract the amount of expense it will take to support that
browser.  If the number is positive, it's something you should consider.
If it's negative, don't worry about it.

P.S. James, I went to your website.  And while it might be readable by
most browsers, I have a hard time with it: underlined white text on a
red background with white lines is nearly unreadable to me, as is the
violet of followed links.  So readability is in the eye of the beholder,
and I have to think most businesses would rather have the money spent on
a professional look and feel rather than on supporting browsers that
aren't used much.


> From: rob@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> No, it's not absurd and I don't know that.
> 
> You have your favorite browser.  You have your enemy - Microsoft.
> Therefore all arguments that tend to distract from your favorite are
> always going to be so wrong as to be ridiculous.  I don't think we are
> going to change each others opinions.