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Of course, it is easier to support only 1 mature platform , 1 database, 1 application server, 1 library of whatever. However we don't have this luxury even on t
by democracy 14y ago
Of course, it is easier to support only 1 mature platform , 1 database, 1 application server, 1 library of whatever. However we don't have this luxury even on the backend, and you cannot seriously expect it to be different for browsers.
And if you don't develop cross-platform because of lack of time this is fine. Please, don't cover it with insults about dumb CEOs and ignorant lame users - bad excuse for bad programming habits (not personal, just generalisation).
Again, there is no technical reason not to give workable version of the website to all major browser users. It doesn't have to be a pixel-perfect copy. It just has to work.
- nbouscal 14y agoI'm not asking to support one platform or one browser or one anything. I'm asking to support the standards. Industries have standards for a reason. I didn't insult anyone, CEOs or users, so your generalization is a very poor one. The technical reason for not giving a workable version to IE6 is that it can take as long to make a workable version for IE6 as for all other browsers combined. IE8 is not that bad, but it's similar in principle. If I have to spend 50% of my time on 10% of my users, I'm better off doing twice as much for the other 90%.