[Javascript] IE work-a-round question (re: checkboxes) OT

[Terry Riegel]

> What puzzles me is why anyone would set out to code to 30% of  
> browsers and then tweak to fit 70%, seems backwards to me.

I can answer why I code for the 30% then make the 70% work. Because it  
takes less time. For the most part MS is standards compliant. But, If  
I code to a "more" standards compliant browser (in my case Safari)  
then my fixes for a "less" compliant browser will take less time then  
if I did it in reverse.

For example if I use a lot of MS only functions then how do I retrofit  
that to the browser that tries to follow the standard. Or to look at  
it another way... Why did Quicken require Microsoft's Internet  
Explorer to run? Because they coded to IE and it was to much work to  
try to make the other browsers work. But if they had coded for a more  
standards compliant browser then making IE work would have been a  
breeze. (BTW this is no longer true of Quicken for the web, but at one  
time it was true)

Just my 2 cents.

Terry Riegel
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