Re: Need advice on reliable way to identifyIE asthe browser

Nathan wrote:

I asked myself, what if I don't implement the IE performance trick?

Maybe it would motivate users to switch? Then I considered the poor souls
who may be lower down on the food chain, some of whom may not have a choice
about which browser they use. They still need a productive interface.

Some of we poor souls (about 80% of us) choose to use IE. If your
application doesn't support it, it is out! (well done Nathan...?)

Maurice O'Prey


-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: 31 July 2008 18:26
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Need advice on reliable way to identifyIE asthe
browser

From: Alfredo Delgado
You don't have to have an axe to grind to speak honestly about IE's
problems and the reasons for them.

You're making me feel better, so I'll admit to a devilish thought that
crossed my mind, but that's about as far as I'll go.

When I was writing the component to build tables dynamically I noticed that
IE performed about 5 times slower than FF. Then later discovered, quite
inadvertently, that if you make the table invisible while you're loading it,
it makes the IE performance more comparable to FF.

I asked myself, what if I don't implement the IE performance trick? Maybe
it would motivate users to switch? Then I considered the poor souls who may
be lower down on the food chain, some of whom may not have a choice about
which browser they use. They still need a productive interface.

Nathan.