Re: Moving from HTML 3.2 to HTML 4...

by "Roger Stenning" <roger(at)isgwds.enterprise-plc.com>

Date:	Wed, 23 Feb 2000 02:18:31 -0000
To:	<hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>, "Charles A. Upsdell" <chuck(at)upsdell.com>
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Charles -

> IMO, if few are using older browsers, it suffices to ensure that the site
> works with older browsers:  it does not have to look as good with older
> browsers as it does with modern browsers, so long as it works.

That's what we were thinking as well. Nice to have it seconded!

> An important consideration here is that reducing the sizes of the pages
> will increase the number of new visitors who wait for the pages to
> load:  long load times lose visitors.

That's something that we believed from the outset, and whicvh we're trying
to get back to. Bells and whistles are nice, but until a good compromise of
speed and asthetics are incorporated into the HTML specifications, we'll
always have this problem. Ho hum...

> For info about this, see part of my
> web-based newsletter, the Browser News, at:
>
>      http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat_des.htm#d03

I'll do that. Thanks for the reply!

Best regards,

Roger Stenning
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