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| From | Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.networking, comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? |
| Date | 2011-11-28 14:40 -0500 |
| Organization | Institute for Regimented Whimsey |
| Message-ID | <jb0o3r0gav@news2.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
| References | <javfb6$h2p$1@dont-email.me> <jb0964$91k$1@dont-email.me> <3JKdnR_Vd-_AJk7TnZ2dnUVZ8uednZ2d@supernews.com> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Deux wrote: > Yes, that's pretty much how it works in the world of web design. Only > geeks are interested in standards, businesses are interested in making > their websites usable on the most popular browsers in order to maximise > revenue. > > Making a webpage standards compliant to work with text based clients > would cost more than it would make back in revenue. > > This isn't just a problem for text based browsers. Because web pages are > often made to work with either MSIE or Firefox, users of other browsers > will often find that pages don't render. > I solved that. If a page does not render, I give up on that site. I buy whatever it is from another vendor, or do not buy it at all. So it costs them not to support my browser (Firefox). They may not know they lost a sale because of their browser arrogance, but it costs them nonetheless. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 14:35:01 up 39 days, 41 min, 4 users, load average: 5.38, 4.99, 4.85
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Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-11-28 07:11 +0000
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Krzysztof Mitko <fakemail@krzysztof.at.eml.dot.cc> - 2011-11-28 08:04 +0000
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-11-28 15:25 +0000
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Deux <deux@none.none> - 2011-11-28 10:48 -0600
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2011-11-28 14:40 -0500
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Deux <deux@none.none> - 2011-11-28 16:13 -0600
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Deux <deux@none.none> - 2011-11-28 16:27 -0600
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-29 00:36 +0000
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2011-11-30 09:24 -0500
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-30 14:37 +0000
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-29 00:34 +0000
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Bill Marcum <bill@lat.localnet> - 2011-11-28 17:50 -0500
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2011-11-29 08:23 +0200
Re (2): Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-12-01 13:25 +0000
Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-29 00:32 +0000
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