Re: Browsers - Was... Javascript usage in site

At 08:05 PM 1/1/2002 -0700, Kathy wrote:
>(NOTE: for those who missed it this is a heavilly sarcastic reflection on 
>people who code only for IE, not checking in Netscape/Mozilla, and believe 
>their logs reflect a true cross-section of web
>users. If your sites don't work in NN (any version) then NN users aren't 
>going to stay there to make an impact on your logs now ... are they?

I disagree. Log files record even just a brief visit to any one page. 
Otherwise, we would be missing the boat with 404 or other errors, amongst 
other stuff of marketing/demographic values.

Furthermore, having worked extensively with Europeans, including government 
entities, Latin Americans, and just plain American folks as a computer 
consultant/trainer/reseller and upgrading their systems, I know what they 
have in those machines and Netscape/Mozilla is not it. It's been rare to 
find clients these last two years who have Netscape installed.

I had a chance to tour Netscape's Swedish office back in '96. You are 
right. They were very plush digs and none of the branches were inclined to 
deal with small-time business owners. They blew it big time with the 
resellers while MS catered to our every whim (to their own ends no doubt).

To D:
< Once it does, it will be the equivalent of a 7.0 release for the major 
browser manufacturers>
IMHO, It's to late.. just getting the regular folks to install it in their 
machines will take an act of God!  (see my last comment)

To Paul Wilson
< I know, I bought a 1.2 version for Windows 95> So did I... the heck if I 
know why !

To Larry Coats
< AOL decides to use it instead of IE for it's next release of AOL> I think 
they are still have a contract but are not in agreement (nothing new here)? 
not sure... I have long suspected that AOL bought Netscape to just get it 
out of "circulation" .. it's a wild thought but I won't discard it. This is 
just my opinion though.

Another factor. MS does not consider Netscape/Mozilla nor the W3C a threat. 
If they did, they would not provide support for the NN/Mozilla browser in 
new OS just like they did to Java, unless forced to make windows open source.

And what about javascript? more and more I see scripts developed for "IE 
only"... This is the current trend and sad state of affairs!

MS made a statement about 4 or 5 years ago... some of you may remember... 
As latecomers to the Internet they were criticized/laughed at when they 
stated they would "rule/own" the Internet.. I'm not laughing today!

Nora S.
classactdesign(at)yahoo.com
http://home.earthlink.net/~kktua/

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