[Novalug] IE-only websites [ was Walmart again selling Linux PC...]

[Michael Gurski]

Excerpts from Theodore Ruegsegger's message of Thu Nov 01 10:56:16 -0400 2007:
> Someone demonstrated that you can even run "popular" Windows viruses
> under Wine, but why would I want to?

Because I want to get in on the fun, too!

> I'm kidding, of course, since
> you're right about testing web sites for IE compatibility. As it
> happens, my own web sites are kinda vanilla and rarely use fancy
> features, but the browsers certainly have different interpretations of
> CSS, Javascript, and how to render images (I'm thinking PNG
> transparency and SVG).

I was the sole Linux user in an almost all-Windows company (at least,
at HQ, where I ended up being moved to).  Who then had to start doing
ASP.Net development.  Even now, when I think about it, I have to make
sure there are no sharp objects with which to injure myself.

> Funny, I've found that, for the most part, I can live quite happily
> without sites that "only work with IEx". An exception is certain
> internal company services that I have to use, like getting my paystubs
> or adjusting my 401K.

Those are the majority of the sites I deal with, as well.  Also
included are OWA which DOES act significantly different in FF/Opera
than it does in IE unless one lies to it.

> Kidding aside, I wouldn't trust, for example, a bank that hired
> FrontPage-monkeys to code, say, a bill-payment service.

I'm still torn on the whole TurboTax for the Web thing...  Do I buy
the Windows-only software with all the fun that goes with it, or do I
use the website that seems to still be biased towards IE?
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