JRS: In article <a3*************************@posting.google.com> , seen
in news:comp.lang.javascript, Patrick <va******@netzero.net> posted at
Wed, 9 Jul 2003 17:16:27 :-
I am in the process of learning javascript and was wondering how often
the web professionals update I.E & N.N?
If, as an author, you continuously all update your browsers, then you
run a grave risk of writing code that only those with the same upgrade
policy can use.
That can be satisfactory in an Intranet, if all software is updated
simultaneously; it is not wise for an Internet author to do it.
An Internet author needs to use the oldest browser(s) that his intended
readership might reasonably have.
Code written for older systems will, almost always, work on newer
systems; that is an important consideration in the design of newer
browsers. But older browsers have generally been written with a
considerable disregard for compatibility with their non-immediate
successors.
I have heard, I think, that hand-held systems are not as feature-rich as
the latest desktop systems; an author should not wish to cut himself off
from those who browse in the train / at the bus-stop / in the park.
It depends, too, on the intended market; a site advertising the latest
high-tech gizmos may consider that potential customers will, by their
nature, already have the latest browsers. But a computer hardware
supplier should bear in mind that his potential customers are more than
usually likely to have only older systems.
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