Replyhazy: Having personally worked on at least one site where the directive came down from senior management (of a large multinational) Thou Shalt Not Support Netscape 6, I completely understand that it may not be the people actually doing the typing.
In this case, though, I'm with Eggwhite: it looks like they glanced at some browser stats three years ago, and have slavishly followed them ever since. When they started getting complaints from Netscape 6 users about two years ago, they stuck a server-side sniff in to tell them to bog off.
Of course, now, with alternative browsers popping up all over the place, they reap what they have sown: as FridgeMagnet says, they piss off all the technically-adept early adopters. Dolts.
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Date: 2003-01-13 12:51 (UTC)In this case, though, I'm with Eggwhite: it looks like they glanced at some browser stats three years ago, and have slavishly followed them ever since. When they started getting complaints from Netscape 6 users about two years ago, they stuck a server-side sniff in to tell them to bog off.
Of course, now, with alternative browsers popping up all over the place, they reap what they have sown: as FridgeMagnet says, they piss off all the technically-adept early adopters. Dolts.