[thelist] Browser Stats

[Michael Kimsal]

On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 17:17, Daniel Medley wrote:
> Everyone is talking about the importence of 3 or 4% of those using old,
> outdated, and bad browsers. One thing I'm wondering about: When discussing
> the prospect of telling someone that the site you're making for them will
> not look the same in 3% of the browsers out there, maybe also tell them that
> it will cost more to make a site that will look the same. I wonder what the
> cost ratio would be for, say, one thousand sites made to look the same to
> accomodate those 3% versus just ignoring them and going with standards and
> the $ not spent coding hacks? Now, I'm sure that those of you who earn your
> livelyhood doing this html/web design like the idea of convincing people
> that you have to spend a little extra time and money to code hacks and work
> arounds. Right?
>
> The upshot, I suppose, is that accomodating everyone is a goal that is just
> not realistic and, in the long run, is perhaps even non-cost effective.
>
> Daniel Medley
>


Watch it. You're one step away from being a woman-hating despot intent
on murdering crippled people.  Or maybe you already are - with
talk like that, it's pretty likely you already are.