@Deviant:Scripter:
I disagree. :P
The reason that so many websites are not viewable (or compatible) with “other” browsers is because web-designers get lazy. TOO MANY developers do not adhere to the W3 standards set forth for internet development. If more people would actually LEARN how to program, and get themselves out of a Frontpage environment, then we’d have a lot more compatibility across systems.
It’s got nothing to do with “accepting” money from Microsoft. :roll:
oh well, how would u explain the following:
if u go for www.ricoh.de, the german website of Ricoh (u probably know them :D), u get the following message (translated):
“Our sites are optimized for MS IE 4.x and Netscape 4.x. Netscape 6 is not supported yet.
We recommend (!!!) you the Internet Explorer 5.x from Microsoft ™”
reread the word “recommend” and see that theres no entry link to the site if youre using mozilla 1.1 (like me). There is however a link to the IE download page…
NOW all mozilla or Netscape 4.x+ user could try this link
www.ricoh.de/ricoh_ie.html.
I hear u all crying, it perfectly WORKS with Mozilla. Conclusion: Ricoh (and probably many other companies) are somewhat influenced by M$ to filter out non-IE-Browser. The statement above implicitly tells me, that ricoh is NEVER supporting Netscape 6 (and higher !!). The only possible other solution would be, that Ricoh is TOTALLY outdated, but I don’t think they are ‘allowed to’ from a commercial point of view.
Its your turn again…