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Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! [message #182731 is a reply to message #182728]

Sat, 31 August 2013 18:57

bill
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On 2013-08-31 12:37 PM, J.O. Aho wrote:
> On 31/08/13 17:52, irishhacker(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
....
>
>
>> Obviously, that setup makes it difficult to test for Internet Explorer
>> special annoyances and for high-level performance testing, and I'll
>> live with that.
>
> Who cares about MSIE, things do not work the same way between minor
> version changes and badly documented how they work. Just use some
> framework like twitters bootstrap and then keep it simple, if it work
> with MSIE then it works with MSIE, if it don't let the end user pick a
> better browser.
>
>

I'm afraid I have to refute the wisdom of simply ignoring IE users;
unless the audience is small, well known, and prone to using other
browsers, it's bad advice as it will just make people think the author
is a dummy.
Take two of my websites: One is a website for graduating class
reunions, and the other a general audience website with over a k of
hits/day.
Statistics show a very high percentage of visitors using IE, slowly
dwindling from IE 8 and 9, to IE 10, using simple analytics software.
Because IE won't handle it, what makes you think the myriad other
browsers available will handle it? So, just because someone uses IE,
pissing them off would be foolhardy. A site exists FOR it visitors, not
the other way 'round.
IE and FF are by far the leaders on my sites, overall, with IE
having the top numbers, FireFox, some Safari, a few Chrome, and a couple
others I never heard of that might be simple spoofs. There are more, but
I seldom look at the 1%'s or less. And o'seas, it's practically 100% IE,
so market audience matters.

Regards,

Twayne`

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		Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! By: irishhacker on Sat, 31 August 2013 15:52
		Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! By: Fiver on Sat, 31 August 2013 16:36
		Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! By: J.O. Aho on Sat, 31 August 2013 16:37
		Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! By: bill on Sat, 31 August 2013 18:57
		Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! By: Jimmy Brubaker on Wed, 18 September 2013 18:46
		Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 31 August 2013 19:01
		Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 31 August 2013 18:57
		Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! By: bill on Sat, 31 August 2013 19:31
		Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 31 August 2013 20:21

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