[thelist] International Browser Norms

[aardvark]

> From:  "Michael Roberto" <mroberto at sitetrends.com>
>
> I'm looking to gather some info on browser standards outside
> of the US.  Is it reasonably safe to shoot for 4.0 standards
> using Netscape and IE, or should I be looking to comply with
> 3.0 browsers.

depends on what you mean by 'comply'... make it 
accessible/usable to older browsers?  alternate browsers? hell, 
WebTV, screen readers, etc.?  or make it usable *only* by the 
4.x+ with full JavaScript expectations?

> The primary users of this application will be business and
> home users in Europe, South Africa and South America.  What
> are your thoughts on this?

my thoughts are in no way correlated with stats... i hope some of 
the non-US members of the list can give their own real-world 
experience in tracking down that info...

otherwise, time to start looking around all those places that claim 
to know how many users are on the internet, you know, Forrester 
and the like...