Netscape 4.8 users must hate the web by now!

[Richard]

http://www.geocities.com/r_bullis/netscape48.jpg

I installed NS4.8 just to see how it would hande my site.
The photo says it all.

 

[Al Jones]

http://www.geocities.com/r_bullis/netscape48.jpg

I installed NS4.8 just to see how it would hande my site.
The photo says it all.

Well, gee, isn't that what it looks like ????

 

[Lunchbox G4]

http://www.geocities.com/r_bullis/netscape48.jpg

I installed NS4.8 just to see how it would hande my site.
The photo says it all.

Haha. I'm surprised it ran on a modern computer, let alone viewed a
website. Good one.

//LBG4

 

[Richard]

Haha. I'm surprised it ran on a modern computer, let alone viewed a
website. Good one.

NS 4.0 and earlier were designed to run on windows 3.1. Hardly suitable for
use in ME.
I tried installing IE 1.0 and got instant error messages and could not open.
It would appear then, that if one wants to surf in modern technology, one
must have the appropriate modern tools.

 

[Duende]

While sitting in a puddle Richard scribbled in the mud:

http://www.geocities.com/r_bullis/netscape48.jpg

I installed NS4.8 just to see how it would hande my site.
The photo says it all.

Looks the same in firefox

 

[Blinky the Shark]

While sitting in a puddle Richard scribbled in the mud:

Looks the same in firefox

Here...

FF 1.0: http://blinkynet.net/stuff/bull.jpg

 

[Duende]

While sitting in a puddle Blinky the Shark scribbled in the mud:

Here...

FF 1.0: http://blinkynet.net/stuff/bull.jpg

Now why did you show him that. you're messing up my fun.

 

[Blinky the Shark]

While sitting in a puddle Blinky the Shark scribbled in the mud:

Now why did you show him that. you're messing up my fun.

Didn't see the header X-Keyword: shhhh!

 

[jake]

http://www.geocities.com/r_bullis/netscape48.jpg

I installed NS4.8 just to see how it would hande my site.
The photo says it all.

Why not simply hide your main CSS from old Netscapes, but also provide a
stylesheet that old Netscapes *can* use to provide a basic -- but
acceptable -- page?

Providing the page is marked-up properly it should still be usable.

regards.

 

[Hywel Jenkins]

NS 4.0 and earlier were designed to run on windows 3.1. Hardly suitable for
use in ME.

NN4 had 16 and 32-bit versions, so one of them was perfectly suitable
for ME. Even NN1 had a specific 32-bit version. ME, on the other hand,
is the worst operating system ever released. MS pedalled it as an
upgrade and some suckers fell for it.

I tried installing IE 1.0 and got instant error messages and could not open.
It would appear then, that if one wants to surf in modern technology, one
must have the appropriate modern tools.

Well, duh. How long has it been known that you can run one version of
IE at a time, and later versions are tightly integrated in to the OS?

 

[Neal]

Well, duh. How long has it been known that you can run one version of
IE at a time, and later versions are tightly integrated in to the OS?

I used to run IE 5.01, 5.5 and 6 concurrently. Nowadays I don't bother
with IE 5.x.

 

[Hywel Jenkins]

I used to run IE 5.01, 5.5 and 6 concurrently. Nowadays I don't bother
with IE 5.x.

Though you had to do some modifications to the OS to allow that, no?

 

[Hywel Jenkins]

I used to run IE 5.01, 5.5 and 6 concurrently. Nowadays I don't bother
with IE 5.x.

Come to think of it, aren't 5, 5.5 and 6 the same but with different
icons?

 

[Neal]

Though you had to do some modifications to the OS to allow that, no?

Nope. <ttp://labs.insert-title.com/labs/?ID=795>

 

[Hywel Jenkins]

Nope. <ttp://labs.insert-title.com/labs/?ID=795>

Ah, yes. I remember seeing that now.

 

[Richard]

While sitting in a puddle Richard scribbled in the mud:

Looks the same in firefox

yo, yo-yo, I use ff 1. I know how it looks.

 

[Richard]

Why not simply hide your main CSS from old Netscapes, but also provide a
stylesheet that old Netscapes *can* use to provide a basic -- but
acceptable -- page?

Providing the page is marked-up properly it should still be usable.

regards.

Why? Because I am not going to bend over backwards to cater to 5% of users.
When it's simpler for that 5% to simply upgrade to a more modern browser.
If you can upgrade your operating system, why can't you upgrade your
browser?

 

[Hywel Jenkins]

Why? Because I am not going to bend over backwards to cater to 5% of users.
When it's simpler for that 5% to simply upgrade to a more modern browser.

How did you figure that out, RtS? How "easy" is it for an organisation
with 3,000 desktops running NN4.7 to upgrade?

If you can upgrade your operating system, why can't you upgrade your
browser?

How do you know that the user has upgraded their operating system. You
haven't, have you?

Supposing there are 500,000,000 Internet users, that gives 25,000,000 NN
users. If each of them requires an average of 15 minutes to upgrade it
will take 12-man years for them to do it. How is that easier than you
spending a few minutes ... Actually, I see your point. It will be
easier, and quicker, for them to upgrade rather than wait for you to get
your code right.

 

[Travis Newbury]

Supposing there are 500,000,000 Internet users, that gives 25,000,000 NN
users.

Your manipulation of numbers would put the most bias pollster to shame.

 

[Toby Inkster]

Come to think of it, aren't 5, 5.5 and 6 the same but with different
icons?

Not quite. There are major differences in the rendering engines between
them all. e.g. IE 5.x has a broken CSS box model; IE 6 uses the broken
model in quirks mode, but an improved box model in standards mode.