[Novalug] can you make linux work with websites that insist on Windows and IE? if so, how?

[Nino Pereira]

Frank,

I know: and, some of the contractors bemoan that fact but can't
do anything about it.

There should be a law that demands all US Government web sites
to be OS- and browser-agnostic. They should all pass the
w3c (and other) tests.

Nino


Frank Hale wrote:
> The thing to remember is the contractors that maintain/code the
> websites do not have any control over the platform or web browser they
> target, at least that is true for the gov't organizations I've been
> apart of. The decision on OS / language / framework / browser was made
> 15 layers (exaggeration) above the contractors that actually do the
> hard work.
> 
> On Nov 1, 2007 9:00 PM, Mark Smith <mark at winksmith.com> wrote:
>> i didn't say there was a good reason for it.  re-read what i said.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 07:50:19PM -0400, DonJr wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 10:59 +1300, Mark Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> many MS products force you to use IE for no good reason, but as was
>>>> pointed out already, some content types require MS/IE (activeX in
>>>> particular).
>>> Could you please tell us what this "good reason" is?
>>>  (For some developer of "MS products" to not supporting my use of a WWW
>>> standards compliant browser.)
>>>
>>> I have yet to see one MS/IE only page, that was worth my time to view.
>> --
>> Mark Smith
>> mark at winksmith.com
>> mark at tux.org
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