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Re: almost ready to remove IE said by systems2000:
Have you never heard of W3C.org? Anyone who has been building web sites in the last Year or two and don't meet their standards is asking for trouble.
Taking the attitude that, "if your not using IE then we don't care", is a horrible attitude. What about ADA requirements (WCAG or section 508), WebTV users, or the coming revolution of handheld devices, let alone 3rd party browser compatability.
When I build my web sites, I make sure they look good in IE (of course) and Mozilla/NS 6.x+. I used to check with NS 4.x but that's so horribly outdated, that I'd rip too much hair out trying to get pages with valid CSS working properly under NS 4.x. Luckily, few people are using it any more.
WebTV users and handheld users make up a fraction of a percent of my visitors (if any at all), so why should I spend precious time recoding the site over and over to make it look good for them? (Besides which, I don't have a WebTV box or Internet-enabled handheld to test against.)
As far as the ADA requirements go, I've been trying to use the ALT tag more and rely on CSS-enhanced text menus rather than images of text. Besides that, though, I really don't make an effort to be compliant. (I don't fall under section 508, so it's really not a "requirement" for me.)
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