[MACCAWS] Small victories

Hi there

Just thought I'd post and mention that for my two most recent clients
(both smallish commercial sites) I proposed to them that I develop the
site using CSS for all layout and they've both accepted that.

I presented a brief argument for what I wanted to do in an email to
them as follows:


Advantages
1) A lot cleaner code, making it easier and quicker to maintain and
update the site
2) A lot less code meaning the site downloads faster - especially
noticable over dial-up connections.
3) Forwards compatibility. More sites as being coded this way,
especially as older browsers as phased out.

Disadvantages
Older browsers (Netscape 4x and IE4 and below) will not see any of the
page formatting. The will see all of the content and be able to use
the site, but the formatting will not be present.

I sent a couple of screenshots showing a site mockup in IE5 and NN4
so they could see the difference and that the content was still there
and understandable in NN4, and
finally mentioned that current browser share statistics show IE4 and Netscape4
with around 4-5% of the browser share between them, and this number
will drop. (Yes I know stats can show anything! :)

Anyway, I thought it a good sign that clients could (presumably) see
the benefits of using CSS for layout.

Mike