[nmx-dev] good news, bad news re: browser compatibility

[susan O'Reilly]

Saul
has BOb sren the list of questions and had a chance to comment.
Did anyone have a look at my comments - I have'nt had a response. Susan


>From: Saul Albert <saul at theps.net>
>To: nmx-dev at one.server1.org
>Subject: [nmx-dev] good news, bad news re: browser compatibility
>Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 12:12:05 +0100
>
>Hi nmx team,
>
>In preparation for the hack session on the 16th - 20th, I've been
>looking into the obvious issues we need to resolve.
>
>Browser compatibility was one of them.
>
>good news: the map and the layout work in Internet Explorer 7 - it's
>just usability issues we still need to solve there.
>
>bad news: it doesn't work in Internet Explorer 6, which still
>constitutes about 37% of the browser market.
>
>http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
>
>Firefox is still climbing up the rankings fast, but 37% is a lot of
>people to ignore.
>
>However, it will be steadily declining going forwards, as more and more
>people move to IE 7 (19.7% currently) or firefox (34%).
>
>It might well take a day of our time to make things work in IE6, and
>that investment will diminish over time.
>
>Is it worth it?
>
>We could invest our time in feature changes and developments that could
>pay off more in the future.
>
>Thoughts anyone?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Saul.
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