--- à¤à¤¨à¤à¤¦ (Anand M R) libld.so@gmail.com wrote:
Considering that there are so many developers out there that do not bother to make their sites work properly across the major browsers and
Like I said, they shouldn't be developing websites. They shouldn't be developing anything.
Its their site, so shouldn't they have the "freedom" to do as they please.
No, that would be a lame ass excuse reeking of unprofessionalism.
Basic things (And it's not asking for a lot) to test would be whether your site works on (eligible permutations of) a) Low Res (800x600) and high res (1024x768) b) Firefox 1.5 +, MSIE 6+, and if possible Safari. c) Windows XP and say any flavor of linux.
And as Philip pointed out, if you care about spiders and the physically challenged, you take some extra effort.
By making it work only for MSIE (or any 1 system) , you are proclaiming to the world that you do not care for standards and compliance and reach. Which is fine. As you said, your choice. But you are losing out on a customer base and it basically is bad karma.
cheers abhi
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