RE: Page won't load Netscape 4

At 14:24 14/08/02 -0600, Juliana Halvorson wrote:

>I have a question though, how many users still use Netscape 4.0?

4.0 - practically none.

Current estimates for the entire 4.x series are around 3% and falling.

>I don't want to lose prospective clients, but trying to comply with
>Netscape 4.0 is driving me crazy.

If you have a very high budget and can spend a lot of time adapting to 
Netscape 4 isms, it might be worth doing. On the other hand, if you don't 
have a very high budget, write valid XHTML 1.0 - Strict if possible - and 
keep all the presentation in CSS. Hide the CSS from Netscape 4 and the site 
will work in it. Granted it won't look as pretty, but the amount of time it 
takes to get something to be Netscape 4 compatible is rarely worth it.

Remember to make sure the site still works in Netscape 4, but forget about 
getting it to look its best.

Andrew

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