RE: Follow-up to "Simple HTML problem" -- WEB400

It's all B2C.  Is a Business not a Customer/Consumer?  Quatities don't
matter.  I think you read too much into my post.  And I do both for a
living.  I just don't take it so seriously.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Teff [mailto:JoeTeff@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 5:32 PM
> To: WEB400@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Follow-up to "Simple HTML problem"
> 
> 
> They are most definately not the same thing. I've worked in 
> both worlds and
> they are as different as day and night. In my B2B experience, 
> people are at
> work doing thier job (i.e. ordering with a PO and large 
> quantites). In B2C,
> they are at home (at least they are supposed to be) ordering personal
> products from a catalog. I know these are overly simple 
> definitions. At
> work, the purchasing agent is using a common laptop and most 
> likely MSIE or
> Netscape. At home he's using what ever the high school kid at Best Buy
> talked him in to. If you think B2B and B2C are the same, then 
> I say you've
> only worked in one of those worlds.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-web400@midrange.com [mailto:owner-web400@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Stone, Brad V (TC)
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 4:20 PM
> To: 'WEB400@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Follow-up to "Simple HTML problem"
> 
> 
> It's not an arguement.  It's an opinion.
> 
> Second, B2C and B2B are the same thing.  Depending on your 
> point of view.
> Just buzzwords made up to make non-techs feel cool saying.  
> <bg>  I hate
> them.  "Virtual Cohesion" is the latest one that I have 
> hanging in my cube.
> 
> Brad
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Teff [mailto:JoeTeff@earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 3:26 PM
> > To: WEB400@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: Follow-up to "Simple HTML problem"
> >
> >
> > I beleive this to be a flawed argument as one side is B2B and
> > the other is
> > B2C. Supporting all possibilities in B2B is not practical.
> > However, not
> > supporting all possibilities in B2C is also not practical.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-web400@midrange.com [mailto:owner-web400@midrange.com]On
> > Behalf Of Stone, Brad V (TC)
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 3:03 PM
> > To: 'WEB400@midrange.com'
> > Subject: RE: Follow-up to "Simple HTML problem"
> >
> >
> > I think my point was that WebTV and others seem to make up their own
> > versions of HTML.  M$ does it, yes, but at least they use the
> > standards and
> > add, not just not making standards.
> >
> > If I'm a web developer and I'm required to sell to everyone 
> with every
> > browser, my product is going to cost 50 times more because of
> > the extra
> > work.  Instead, I choose to stick with Ie and NS (and
> > anything else that
> > uses more than 15% of the hits).
> >
> > WebTV...  no offense, but it wasn't meant for e-biz.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bartell, Aaron L. (TC) [mailto:ALBartell@taylorcorp.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 2:24 PM
> > > To: 'WEB400@midrange.com'
> > > Subject: RE: Follow-up to "Simple HTML problem"
> > >
> > >
> > > Yeah but I think there is a point where you have to cut it
> > > off and say "Hey
> > > upgrade your browser/operating system" especially since the
> > > browser upgrade
> > > is free.  If your company has the time to program for each
> > > browser/platform-version great, but most don't or don't want
> > > to bother.
> > >
> > > Aaron Bartell
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jim Franz [mailto:franz400@triad.rr.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 2:03 PM
> > > To: WEB400@midrange.com
> > > Subject: Re: Follow-up to "Simple HTML problem"
> > >
> > >
> > > if they are a customer- i don't care. it's one thing to sell
> > > to a small community of techs, and another to sell to the
> > > world. millions of
> > > web tv & win 3.1 & macs & whatever. for me to write a site
> > > that say's "only viewable with ... or above is suicide. yeah -
> > >  i can't put the latest, greatest on the page, but who is the
> > > customer here? Check out http://www.useit.com/
> > > for tips on creating sites easy to use by the masses.
> > > jim
> > >
> > >
> > > > Pffft... if someone is using WebTV I don't want their
> > business.  ;)
> > > >
> > > > Brad
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Andrew Borts [mailto:andrewb@setacorporation.com]
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 12:47 PM
> > > > > To: 'WEB400@midrange.com'
> > > > > Subject: RE: Follow-up to "Simple HTML problem"
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > OK - Everyone is a little weirded out by this little
> > > > > inconsistency with
> > > > > HTML...
> > > > >
> > > > > How about this one.
> > > > > <option>FL</option> is MORE compatible with all the browsers
> > > > > then <option
> > > > > value=FL>FL</option>
> > > > >
> > > > > The above is a little limiting when you want to return
> > > > > something different,
> > > > > then what was selected... BUT works in ALL the browsers
> > > > > including WEB TV...
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Jon.Paris@hal.it [SMTP:Jon.Paris@hal.it]
> > > > > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 6:27 PM
> > > > > To: WEB400@midrange.com
> > > > > Subject: Re: Follow-up to "Simple HTML problem"
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >  >> Have you tried using <PRE> at the beginning of your table
> > > > > and </PRE> at
> > > > > the very end of your table?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes - it doesn't work.  The first </TR> terminates the effect
> > > > > of the <PRE>
> > > > > no matter where you put it.
> > > > >
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