Basically what happens is when you go to the page with an older browser, it forwards the user to a text-only page that, well, it's text-only and doesn't look very nice, but it does the job.

Instead, you might forward Netscape 4.x users to http://home.netscape.com/ where Netscape themselves will advise NS 4.x users to upgrade. (Or, include a "Please Upgrade" notice on the page you're redirecting them to.)

Progress almost always hurts those who're so comfortable in their rut that they've decorated it. But at some point, the burden of supporting old stuff is just too great. My grandmother was really unhappy at having to give up her dial phone.

Consider that their vocal grumbling is more a wail of "Why do things have to change?" that just happens to be directed at you.

In reply to Re: OT: Web Design - Catering to Everyone by dws
in thread OT: Web Design - Catering to Everyone by arashi

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