[thelist] the use of lynx

[Nick Wilson]

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* and then martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com declared....
> >> How is it unsavory?  It's called business
> >> reality.  Before I emailed those
> >> stats out, my site had less than 1/2 of 1% using
> >> a non IE5+ or Mozilla4+
> >> browser.  One of the first questions we ask when
> >> we go into a scoping
> >> meeting with a client is related to target
> >> browsers.  We give the %.  We
> >> state the facts.  They say what do we lose by
> >> catering to that 1/2 of 1%?
>
> >Hmmm, well if your client's site is in Australia, and 1 of
> >that 1/2 of 1% is visually impaired, they lose heaps when
> >that user sues for discrimination.  Ask the Sydney Olympics
> >organising committee - it happened to them.

Sorry I lost the thread on this, let me explain the 'unsavoury' bit and
comment on the Olympic jobbie.

Unsavoury? Certainly, if you want to go the 'business reality' route
then you may be in for a rude awakening as Martin has pointed out with
the famous Olympic fiasco, but my point was that catering for those
people with less than perfect vision takes very little time (alt="it's
really easy") More importantly, based on how easy it is why would you
choose not to?

In terms of 'business reality' that 1/2 of 1% may contain the $million
deal, who knows?
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