OT: Microwang (was: Re: EVERYONE PLEASE READ !!!)

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Thanks Al, some one just wrote some thing that hit me the wrong way after a 
bad day....

I appologise to the list for my post.



Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
Amsterdam NY
http://www.menloparkrandd.com/scirocco
http://www.menloparkrandd.com/my_rocc





>From: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>
>To: "Spewey" <spewey@comcast.net>, <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: OT: Microwang (was: Re: EVERYONE PLEASE READ !!!)
>Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 22:36:58 -0400
>
>>I care because the web belongs to no one OS or browser.  Does she want me 
>>to use IE by saying that?  Does she not want to take the time to adhere to 
>>standards that make a site legible in all browsers on all OSes?  I was 
>>just broadsided by an obviously myopic webdesigner saying that she has 
>>even heard of Linux.
>>
>>That is what this shit is.
>>
>><disclaimer>:  I use Windows but never IE in a million years.
>
>ok, i dont like lighting into other listers, but this one has lit my fuse 
>right at its base.
>
>you want to use a web browser thats in the minority? fine. quit bitching if 
>it doesnt work with a site that was made with microsoft tools. it might be 
>true that microsoft doesnt properly follow the standards, and that may suck 
>in the grand scheme of things, but your being a standards nazi is going to 
>do nothing more than piss another lister (julie) off. she made that site 
>out of pure kindness and generosity. she has _no_ obligation to spend more 
>hours than she already has just to translate her site to unified html, 
>doing so just to get _you_ off of her back.
>
>so, you dont want to use ie, no matter what??? - fine, continue to be part 
>of the 1% that cant get access to julies site, and deal with it.
>
>Al
>
>Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
>87 Rieger Scirocco GTO 2.0 16v (daily driver, 200k, rocco #6)
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>
>
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