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GorbachevAug 9th 2006 5:27PM
Peter, yes, indeed, why would anyone design sites that don't work with MSIE.
Now, ask yourself this. Why would anyone in their right mind design sites that didn't work on other browsers? That's roughly 20% of your potential users/customers.
I don't know about you, but if I went ahead and automatically excluded 20% of my employer's/client's potential revenue, I'd be fired on the spot.
What the "MSIE is king" crowd always forgets that nerds and other lesser beings using all these lamo browsers have money to spend, too. If I were a betting man, I'd venture to guess FireFox users being more hardcore net users actually spend MORE money online than MSIE users on avg. Being nerds and all, they probably have all these phobias about meeting people and stuff. Right?
The argument for real (not just de facto) standards support from all browsers really boils down to accessibility. 100% is the goal. Anything less is eating into the profits of every online vendor out there.
It's also making the jobs of every web developer out there more difficult than it should be. One of the biggest problems of lack of real standards in web developement is that every new browser release is in danger of destroying all your hard work. If the browser is not adhering to any real standards, what's to keep it from changing them entirely? That used to happen VERY often during the first browser wars. It was completely ridiculous. Guess if the client paid for the rework required?