Nobody said it was the best way to do anything. What was said was that there are more IE users by far than all the other browsers put together. Coding for anything BUT IE in todays market is just not a financially good idea, moral high ground or not.
Standards and industry support should very much be based on how many people use a particular platform. Alienating the highest percentage of any user base is a bad idea.
The Tyrany of the majority is well documented, but you cannot ignore a user base as large as the IE crowd. Blocking out that group becuase you dont like their browser is slitting your own throat in an e-commerce sense.
What in the world does MS being declared a monopoly power have to do with the issue either? Are you that anti-M$, that you cannot accept that someone actually likes some of their software? I for one do not see how the morality of a company affects the quality of their product. I would use a product from satan himself if it was a better product and cost less than god's. The product is the thing, not who happened to put it on the market.
Just becuase the poster does not agree with you and has made their own mind up after trying alternatives anyway, does not mean they are being force fed their opinion. Perhaps some people actually dont like linux or firefox or whatever? Just because they dont agree with you does not mean they are childish or corporate zombies.
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Nobody said it was the best way to do anything. What was said was that there are more IE users by far than all the other browsers put together. Coding for anything BUT IE in todays market is just not a financially good idea, moral high ground or not. Standards and industry support should very much be based on how many people use a particular platform. Alienating the highest percentage of any user base is a bad idea. The Tyrany of the majority is well documented, but you cannot ignore a user base as large as the IE crowd. Blocking out that group becuase you dont like their browser is slitting your own throat in an e-commerce sense. What in the world does MS being declared a monopoly power have to do with the issue either? Are you that anti-M$, that you cannot accept that someone actually likes some of their software? I for one do not see how the morality of a company affects the quality of their product. I would use a product from satan himself if it was a better product and cost less than god's. The product is the thing, not who happened to put it on the market. Just becuase the poster does not agree with you and has made their own mind up after trying alternatives anyway, does not mean they are being force fed their opinion. Perhaps some people actually dont like linux or firefox or whatever? Just because they dont agree with you does not mean they are childish or corporate zombies.