Posted by Randy Webb on 05/30/06 01:47
David Dorward said the following on 5/29/2006 6:00 PM:
> Randy Webb wrote:
>
>>> For a definition of "support" that comes to "entirely accessible, even if
>>> it doesn't look all that pretty".
>> For scripting support, the word support has a different meaning.
>
> Feature detection and sane fallback. No problem.
There is not always a "sane fallback" with client side scripting.
>> It does when scripting the UA. And as I am reading this from c.l.j
>
> The joy of people cross posting.
Absolutely. So, why did you cross post your reply?
>> User1 gets told to update to the latest Mozilla/Firefox
>
> Really? By whom?
Hmmm. Anybody that reads it generally. If you can run Firefox 0.9.xx
then you can run 1.5.xx and the only two reasons for not upgrading it
are laziness and stupidity.
>> What category encompasses the "users who have no choice"?
>
> People using operating systems for which "The latest Mozilla/Firefox" is not
> available.
Such as? Other than my cellphone. I am talking desktop OS'es.
> People who use systems under the control of administrators who won't upgrade
> the browser.
See my other reply.
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Randy
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