[CLUE-Tech] Is this true?

[BOF]

Jeffery Cann wrote:

>DHTML -- I tried the www.msaa.com site in Mozilla 0.9.9 and the menus work 
>fine.  In fact it is the DHTML code that causes problems in some browsers.  
>It is _not_ the Microsoft Conspiracy that is so popular on Linux email lists!
>
>I agree that their message about Netscape support is somewhat misleading.  
>

I can't agree with some of the conclusions in your message.

I'm running Netscape 6.21 and found that the menus did work, but the bar 
on which they appeared was truncated at the bottom so that only the 
first line is visible and many of the drop-down menu lines are cut off. 
Under Konquerer 2.2.2, the frame loaded, but the menus never appeared, 
and was mentioned earlier, under Netscape 4.78, the page would not load 
at all. The job that the msaa.com webmaster did is simply very sloppy. 

Be what it may, the point needs to be kept in mind here is that a 
webmaster, in my opinion, has an obligation to insure that the site is 
accessible by all browsers --- not just specific ones. If for some 
reason the site is written to suppport only one brand, then an honest 
webmaster should state "optimized for Brand X or whatever." There is no 
reason whatsoever to insult the readers by demeaning their choice of OS 
or web browsers, which is what the message does.

Unfortunately, the practice of writing only for IE seems to be coming 
more common, for I am seeing more pages that state "Optimized for IE". 
When a site of this sort is found, then the webmaster should be called 
to account for it. Hopefully in a tactful way, but sometimes rudeness 
begets rudeness.

BOF