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Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:02:11 PDT7
From:	"Bob" <2lvvuss02@sneakemail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: A basic browser display question

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** Reply to message from "J. R. Fox jr_fox@pacbell.net" on Thu, 26 Aug 2004
10:30:31 PDT7

> > Why would you want to do anything?
>
> As John noted, sometimes you have no choice. Soneone has something you want or
> need, and you have no clear alternative source for it.

So far I have always been able to find another web site that had the same of
very similar content.

> > If they want to restrict their business by excluding some users why do business
> > with them? If a web site does not display because it is written for IE only
>
> This was my surmise, only. I recall a basic HTML demo by Virginia Hetrick, in
> which she said never to discount the possibility of terrible web page design being
> responsible for problems we find. It may have nothing to do with MS or IE, per se.

There are a lot of web sites with web pages that are not coded correctly but
still seem to work somewhat. I just will not take the time to find a way
around whatever problems there are with a site as there are way too many other
sites that work and actually want my business.

--
Robert Blair

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