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!!Why should I make my web site compliant?
Because the IT department of your biggest clients are changing away from InternetExplorer in droves. Windows users tend towards MozillaFirefox or [Opera], Mac users may be using MozillaCamino or [Safari]. Linux users have probably been using [Mozilla] forever.
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+The percentage of people using a non-IE browser is estimated to be between 5% and 15%, depending on who you ask. You wouldn't tolerate a phone system or secretary that turned away 10% of potential customers who ring you...
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!!Do's and don'ts
-* Don't use document.all
+* Don't use "
document.all" in your JavaScript
* Don't use MSXMLDOC
-* Don't test
your CSS padding/margin/box model in IE
+* Don't develop
your CSS padding/margin/box model by only testing
in IE
-* Do try it
against http://validator.w3.org/
+* Do test your HTML pages
against http://validator.w3.org/ (or the free "[sgmlnorm|http://openjade.sourceforge.net/doc-1.5.1/sgmlnorm.htm]" program)
-* Don't put stuff in a table without <td> tags around it (IE displays it, Moz doesn't
)
+* Don't put stuff in a table without <td> tags around it (IE displays it, Moz might not
)
There's a great guide on the specifics at http://nexgenmedia.net/evang/iemozguide/.
!!Should I support Netscape any more?
If you support [Mozilla], you're supporting Netscape 7 and up. These days it's realistic to drop support for any version of Netscape 4 or below.
