Re: Target browsers for web development

Posted on behalf of David Heller [mailto:[email protected]]

George, I don't think that your strategy is appropriate either. 
Imagine if you are watching TV on a B&W and when you get to a channel 
that would prefer you weren't watching it, they took over your screen, 
asked you to click your remove (if you have one) to continue using this 
channel as is, or would you prefer to go out and buy a new TV. 
What TV stations have opted for is the opening credit to promote new 
standards such as HDTV and widescreen. It comes up in a way that has no 
requirement of intervention and disappers or gets put in the corner. 
If you care this much about it and do want to encourage people to 
upgrade, then I suggest something that is closer to this approach. Add a
dynamic piece of content to the page that comes up, but doesn't block 
the user from continuing using the site, whether or not they acknowledge
its existence or not. 

Todd, breaking out the dictionary is just way to pedantic don't ya 
think. My point still stands w/o the literalism you are projecting. Take
the word education out and put in intervening or similar more 
descriptive term. 

Users should never be told their system is "sub-standard" in the way 
being presented and they should never be exposed to anything resembling 
technological lingo like standards. Just let them use the bloody 
site/app. It's all they care about. 

-- dave 

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