Re: Target browsers for web development

Joshua Seiden <[email protected]> Wed, 9 Apr 2003 15:12:04 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.ucd
Message-ID <000b01c2fecb$e8ae7a00$6a00a8c0@joshlaptop>
> I do feel that in general the web industry does not explain 
> well to users why it is time to upgrade and prise peoples 
> fingers off the old, rusty things they continue to use.
> 
> Of course if browsers were not free someone might send you an 
> upgrade disk...but in the real world approaches such as the 
> one you suggest George will provide some level of graceful 
> degradation and should be taken.

If the technology worked right, we wouldn't have to educate users about
the need to upgrade. Browsers would just update themselves.

If browser designers are motivated by the spirit of Dave Heller's
original "never educate" post, then maybe someday we'll get there.

JS
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