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Old 02-10-2004, 07:24 PM   #18 (permalink)
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n0nsensical, let me explain myself a little about not reccommending anyone code around or for Opera or Safari.

One of the things I do for work is help design and implement support systems for enterprise software rollouts. Sometimes this means implementing an HTML based help system and linking it context-sensitively to the application.

I don't author the content, but rather create the framework in which the content resides. Managing how that framework works is difficult when you consider 30,000 or more users on average will be using the framework that is being built. Taking into account every possible browser that people COULD use would create havoc with project timelines and increase the cost of the project to the point that it would be prohibitive for the customer to pay for it. That's why, in the business world that I live in, it is important to ignore the lesser used browsers, which is most assuredly what Opera and Safari are, and focus on the mainstream browser(s), which invariably ends up being IE 5.0 and later.

Very rarely have I encountered any need to support Netscape, although we do, but it's a HUGE pain in the ass. Further, I have only seen one instance where we needed to support Safari and that was in a university system and that added a couple of weeks to the timeline for development and QA.

So, from a realistic perspective, it's more than just stupid to support more than Netscape and IE, it's a waste of time and resources. If it's something you care to do, have a good time, but in the real world of business, it's not a cost effective strategy.


BTW, I'm glad I didn't piss you off before
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