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[Gina Norman <gina AT vnet.net>]

> Bah, corporate standards are for corporate sheep! :)

bahhhh.

> Need a corporate justification?
>
> "As a web site developer it is my responsibility to ensure that our web
> pages work with the widest range of web browers available. For that reason I
> have installed XYZ on to my workstation to test our web pages with."

One tiny problem with that:  I'm not a web developer, I'm a policy wonk.

FWIW, I've always had multiple browsers installed on my desktop (and I
have IE, should an emergency arise).  I don't like NS 5.x, because it's
incompatible with some of the internal tools I use (something about the
way Javascript was implemented, I think), so I don't use it.

I also don't think that NS 4.x is so far from "au currant" that web sites
should be completely incompatible with it.  Which was my orginal point:
I can't believe the LaTimes site (major site with a wide-ranging audience
whose purpose is *not* to demo the most up-to-date technology) crashes my
browser with NS 4.x.  I'd feel differently if it were a site dedicated to
new technology, but the LaTimes should be at least a little bit
backwards-compatible, IMHO.

YMMV, of course, but as a former Web Site manager, I always made sure my
sites were at least two major versions backward compatible.

-Gina


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confused and befuddled by the overwhelming monstrosities of my life,
causes a default to the simplest and most pleasant of thoughts.  Like
Marshmallow Peeps.  I *like* Marshmallow Peeps.

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