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[Jason Van Patten]

Jer, et al -

Jeremy White wrote:
> But surely you can agree that no one should use IE on a Mac
> unless they have no other choice, and that even if a web site
> will work only with IE that they should complain bitterly
> to the web site owner.

All fair, but unrealistic.  Realistically, webmaster have stopped caring. 
Seriously.  Several have specifically posted notes saying, "Yes, we know we 
only support IE.  No, we don't care about your other browsers.  Use IE or go 
away."  And, they can *safely* post something like that because the vast 
majority of the Internet surfers still use IE.

Geeks like us are in the small 5%.  And that's where we're staying.  And 
there's no real business win in making the 5% happy.  Right?  Any business 
knows of the 95/5 rule.  Five percent of your customers are *ALWAYS* going 
to be unhappy.  Focus your attention on the other 95%.

The same applies here.  Realistically, there aren't enough folks that're 
going to care if you (or I, or a few other geeks) stop visiting their site.

Thus the need for IE on the Mac.  Unfortunately.

jas
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Jason Van Patten