If you had simply developed your web site using
industry standards, you would not have a problem,
rather than using M$ "embrace and extand" (excuse the
expression) 'standards'.
Carson
--- "Patrick (at work)" <pwgrant@cssi-fl.com> wrote:
> From: "Patrick \(at work\)" <pwgrant@cssi-fl.com>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Subject: [SLUG] Fw: website must be viewed with IE
> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:59:23 -0400
> Reply-to: slug@nks.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Economic Development Council - Sue Lathrop"
> <slathrop@manateeedc.com>
> To: "patrick grantham" <pwgrant@cssi-fl.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:53 PM
> Subject: re: must be IE
>
>
> > Patrick,
> > Although we are not ready to boycott Microsoft
> products, I can understand
> your frustration and apologize for any inconvenience
> experienced by you and
> those who agree
> > with your stance on Internet Explorer.
> >
> > When we reviewed our options for a new web site we
> were looking for
> features that would provide a seamless delivery of
> information to our
> potential clients, provide office integration within
> our organization, and
> incorporate some unique features such as the dynamic
> generation of PDF
> files. In order to achieve our goals we were faced
> with much higher
> programming costs to provide cross browser and
> interoffice software
> compatibility, or decide on a single platform. We
> reviewed the latest
> browser statistics and saw that Netscape had much
> less than ten percent of
> that market. (
> >
>
http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2001/December/browser.php
> ) Consequently
> with that information and our VERY modest budget we
> decided to develop the
> web site and later provide a Netscape version with
> fewer features.
> >
> > >> What a wacky decision to shut out browsers
> other than MSIE.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sue Lathrop
> > Economic Development Council
> > Phone: (941) 748-4842 ext. 125
> > E-mail: SLathrop@ManateeEDC.com
> > Web Site: www.ManateeEDC.com
> >
>
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