Posted by Randy Webb on 05/28/06 14:32

Alan J. Flavell said the following on 5/28/2006 6:48 AM:
> On Sun, 28 May 2006, Randy Webb wrote:
>
>> Who still supports outdated antiquated software other than IE6?
>
> Many older browser/versions are still quite capable of browsing the
> content of decently-made web pages, even if they don't produce the
> cosmetic results which modern browsers could achieve.

Plain text has that effect...

Let me ask you this though, do you still support Netscape 4? And if so -
why. If not, why not?

Technology evolves and those who choose to stay in the dark ages deserve
to stay in the dark.

> Better to "support" proper web design techniques, than to "support"
> specific browser brands and versions.[1]

True. And if even half, no make that a quarter, of the current "web
developers" understood that, this conversation would never have been
started to begin with.

> But what on Earth do you think that question has got to do with the
> topic of this thread - the appropriate choice of text size units for
> web pages?

The same thing that topic has to do with Javascript and
comp.lang.javascript where I am reading it from.

--
Randy
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