Re: Metro Furance Oil Price Update

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From: G. Wayne Hines
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 19:23

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In an earlier episode, "Husky" <jawnwbee@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> 
> "Bob Carrick" <bcarrick@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:yEno9.590$Iw5.108676@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > Actually it's the other way around. IE sucks.  Take it from a web
> designer.
> > IE does not read standard html.  So if a site was built to work in IE and
> > not tested anywhere else it will probably not work in some other browser.
> > But if you build a site to work in Netscape or Opera there is a good
> chance
> > it will work in IE.  Sites being built should be tested in the three
> > browsers I've listed in this message.
> 
> 
> I side with the other 96% of the population that prefer to use IE over
> Netscape.
> 
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2121436,00.html

I wouldn't depend on Ziff Davis for any unbiased information 
dealing with computers. Many people view them as the propoganda 
arm of Microsoft. 

Also, I highly doubt that "the other 96% of the population" 
actually prefers to use IE. Most people only know and use what 
has been forced on them.

gwh



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