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Posted by Alan J. Flavell on 04/26/06 22:48
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, kchayka wrote:
> If you're suggesting that we shouldn't bother trying to get IE to
> play nice, you must not be dealing with any kind of business
> venture. Ignoring IE is fine for a personal site, but that's not
> really an option for anything else.
Well, I'd give that a definite maybe.
> While KISS may be highly desirable, it's a competitive world out
> there.
A pity that so many folks who are commissioning web sites refuse
to pay attention to that.
> Simple doesn't always cut it.
IMHO, simplicity and specification-conformance works well for the real
end users. They're not, in general, looking for TV-on-the-web, or
some online guessing game[1]: they're looking for a well-organised and
well-indexed site where they can find what they're looking for.
The problem is that those who commission web sites don't show much
interest in what works for their end users - but rather, what geegaws
happen to appeal to them personally. Well, speaking on behalf of end
users: hell mend them. If I'm feeling generous, I would try to do my
best for them, in spite of themselves. If I'm not feeling generous,
I'd pay them back by doing just what they asked for (while insisting
that my name appeared nowhere on the site!!!).
h t h
[1] and even when they are, they want a straightforward path for
getting to it.
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