[WEB4LIB] Re: 99.9% of web sites obsolete?

[Steve Cramer]

I'm reminded of the old Usenet mantra:

"There are no rules
save those you choose.
What that is
Is up to you"

--Steve

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 05:21:05 -0700 (PDT) Karen Harker 
<Karen.Harker at UTSouthwestern.edu> wrote:

> To get back to the subject of the email, I think what should be taken
> into consideration is the audience of the site you are designing. If
> your audience is set on using v2-3 of Netscape, then you should probably
> code for that. Where the threshold lies is subjective...5%, 15%, 25%? 
> As in most of life, balance is the key. Bandwidth of HTML is not as
> imperative a concern as bandwidth of images or audio files. But we
> should realize that standards are very, very difficult to create and
> enforce. After 100 years of making cars, we still have few
> interchangeable parts.  
> 
> 
> 
> Karen R. Harker, MLS
> UT Southwestern Medical Library
> 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
> Dallas, TX  75390-9049
> 214-648-1698
> http://www.swmed.edu/library/
> >>> Paul Taylor <ptaylor at tln.lib.mi.us> 09/11/02 18:14 PM >>>
> Dredged from Slashdot--an excerpt from "Forward Compatability: Designing
> and 
> Building with Standards"

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Steve Cramer
Business Librarian
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
smcramer at uncg.edu
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