But this suggests that we should never evolve to better browsers...  that we
should mire ourselves in the cesspool of the lowest common denominator.
Okay, cesspool is a bit strong and certainly people who have 386 machines
shouldn't be left out of everything.  But I don't think old computers should
determine how a website is designed.  Basically, it all comes down to
audience.  If you want absolutely everybody to be able to see your pages,
you can either have 8000 redirects or a no-frills website.  (I'm into
hyperbole today).

Also, IE is better than NN when it comes to interpreting pages, JavaScript,
and especially CSS, in my experience.  I'm not a proponent of messy code,
but if IE is going to be forgiving of certain things, I don't see that as a
drawback in any way, shape or form.  I am among those who are hoping that NN
5.0 or the Gecko browser or whatever they're calling it will be wonderful
enough to really give Microsoft some competition.  Until then, however, I
prefer to design for IE because my pages work in IE.  It's as simple as
that.  I do, when necessary, make sure my pages work in a whole variety of
browsers; I'm simply stating my preference.

-rebecca
http://www.nerdygirl.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Elias Thienpont [mailto:elias(at)assumptionabbey.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 7:53 AM
To: HTML Writers Guild / Basics
Subject: RE: CSS in Netscape


Netscape Problems?
I was under the impression that NetScape did HTML code better than IE, and
so if it did not work well in NN, then you were catering to Billy rather
than learning good coding. Billy makes lots of do-dads that no one else can
or will touch with a ten foot pole, if you want to incorporate them, then
you are just helping to drive a peg into the heart of NN. Sure we all want
the latest and greatest in websites, but there are still 386 and 486
machines in use that haven't a clue as to how to use the newest browsers.

Elias



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org]On
Behalf Of Tito Martinho
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 04:39
To: Ken Lanxner
Cc: hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
Subject: Re: CSS in Netscape


Ken Lanxner wrote:

> David.Artiss(at)boots.co.uk wrote:
>
> > Mmmm. Why does anybody develop sites for Netscape ? It's giving me
another
> > headache now.

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