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Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help!

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On 2013-08-31 12:37 PM, J.O. Aho wrote:
> On 31/08/13 17:52, irishhacker@gmail.com wrote:
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>
>
>> 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! irishhacker@gmail.com - 2013-08-31 08:52 -0700
  Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! Fiver <numeralfive@gmail.com> - 2013-08-31 18:36 +0200
  Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2013-08-31 18:37 +0200
    Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-31 14:57 -0400
      Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! Jimmy Brubaker <jimb21@owandslow.com> - 2013-09-18 18:46 +0000
    Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-08-31 20:01 +0100
  Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-08-31 19:57 +0100
  Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-31 15:31 -0400
  Re: Learing PHP, Javascript, and Python on the Cheap, Help! Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-08-31 16:21 -0400

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