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There was never a day when you didn't have to worry about supporting multiple browsers.

• AznHisoka 15y ago
  when IE was 95% market share?
  • djtriptych 15y ago
    This is actually a reasonable answer, having been around at that time. At one point, if it worked on IE it went out the door. Actually I know that "one point". It was when Mozilla completely destroyed their browser platform with the horribly broken Netscape 4. Everybody stopped using it immediately. Back then it was like "does it work on ie" and maybe "should we build an AOL presence?". AOL then = Facebook today. You're welcome, young people.
    • marshray 15y ago
      if it worked on IE it went out the door How many of those companies are still in business, relative to their competitors who chose instead to bet on cross-platform standards in the long term?
      • AznHisoka 15y ago
        They had to worry about IE initially.. then when they made it big, they had the money/time/resources to focus on branching out. Today, to make it big you have to worry about a lot more platforms.. and that's only to get started. Sux!
      • djtriptych 15y ago
        If you were developing back then, you know there was a conscious choice between using REALLY microsoft-specific stuff like .htc modules, and just not worrying if your layout was perfect in Netscape 3. It was easy to not care for a while there. If you're developing now, you know how much time you save just not worrying about layout in dying browsers.