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Someone sent to me and I thought it was hilarious.

Modern Web Design

But in all seriousness ... as a small biz owner ... if you eliminated the part about swearing at Bill Gates and trying to get it to work in IE ... imagine how much cheaper your web costs would be!

So go Get Firefox!

Amen. IE 7.0 sucks, but my bank hasn`t yet updated their code to talk to Firefox, so I have to keep the stupid thing around just to check my balances, etc. Idiots.

I love Firefox.

As a business owner with a web presence, you have to consider the relative market share of browsers... in other words, you must design to accomodate your customers... that means IE and FF.

IE is not going to go away anytime soon.

It would be great if all browsers used CSS and code the same... but.

~Roland

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Roland - that`s correct. That`s why my site was built and tested for cross-platform compatibility. But that still doesn`t make IE 7.0 suck any less.

It doesn`t mean you give up.

It means you keep trying until the minority becomes the majority.

The numbers are already climbing ...

And what bank only works on IE? My money would be elsewhere if I couldn`t get it on my mac.

Wait, I thought IE 7.0 is the Firefox killer? :-) <heh heh...>

One thing I`m using is an extension to FF that puts a "View this page in IE" option on the context menu (right-click menu). For banks and such, I can go to the address in FF. If it doesn`t work, I don`t have to retype anything.

But I think what you`re paying for isn`t really cross-platform compatibility. That`s pretty much a given for any credible Web developer. Instead, you`re paying for the elegance of CSS, such things as scripting, validation, and compact code.

On the other hand, as I`m learning more about CSS, I`m seeing that just because "tables" are considered passé, that doesn`t mean it`s true. I see good and useful places for using tables, just as I see certain limits in CSS. The best solution is to use each feature to it`s best capabilities.

So another thing you`re paying for is someone who can see when to use what sort of tool to accomplish the most work with the least effort (in code or layout).

While we`re at it, if I come across one more site where the designer thinks Flash == Web I`m going to scream. If your website is an <insert favourite color> background with a huge flash object in the middle then I`m NOT going to bother trying to use your site.

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Richard - that made me laugh. So true!

Wait.....I thought they develop the big picture in Photoshop, and center it as a background image. Then use Flash! to put the solid color border around it? Maybe I don`t understand this all that well..........