Thanks for alerting me to those minor validation errors. I'll fix 'em up a.s.a.p . . . !Chris wrote:You were saying DJGM....
(oversized IE screengrab snipped)DJGM wrote: If the developer were to design to standards, then it would display
correctly in ALL current browsers, and that includes Internet Explorer.
:roll:
As for that "anti IE passage", I certainly wouldn't publish it on my site if it wasn't true.
Even though the original version of that particular essay wasn't written by me, I have
added some information regarding the forthcoming Service Pack 2 for Windows XP,
which will add Mozilla App-Suite/Firefox style popup blocking functionality to IE6.
Although I agree, that it's up to the end user which browser they chose to use, I'm
merely providing essential info about MSIE, that most users might not know about.
The whole point of the web, is to provide a completely open information resource
and I'm taking advantage of that to inform people of the dangers of using IE, and
that there are better options available. I've highlighted Mozilla, as I believe it to
be currently the best available alternative to IE. Whether visitors to my site
act upon any of the information therein, it is entirely up to them
Bear in mind, that my site is currently incomplete, and what's available now is only
in beta, and subject to change at anytime. That's partly why some pages may not
validate correctly yet. The full version of DJGM Online will have a somewhat more
comprehensive "aboutbrowsers" section, which will include information on other
alternatives to IE, such as Opera, Netscape, KMeleon, and those "wraparound"
browsers that add a different UI, and Mozilla/Opera style functionality to IE.
If you think I'm just an anti-IE zealot, and perhaps I am to a certain extent, you
really ain't seen nothing yet, until you've seen toastytech.com! Now there's
a site created by an anti-IE and anti-MS zealot of the most extreme kind!
(The "Wacky Windows Errors" page is moderately funny though.)
You might be surprised to learn, that although I thoroughly dislike IE, I actually do
not feel the same about all of Microsoft's products. Take MS Office for instance.
While the likes of OpenOffice and StarOffice provide decent alternatives, IMHO
they're still not quite as good as MS Office. My only grudge against MS Office,
is the fact that it's just prohibitively overpriced for a lot of people to afford.
If I disliked Windows as much I dislike IE, I would've long since gone for either
a complete Linux, UNIX, or Mac OS solution, instead of having three seperate
(and completely legit) versions of Windows installed on this PC, alongside
the one installation of SUSE Linux. I even have Windows on my iMac!