Re: Need advice on reliable way to identifyIE asthe browser

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Alfredo Delgado
> You don't have to have an axe to grind to speak honestly about IE's
> problems and the reasons for them.

You're making me feel better, so I'll admit to a devilish thought that crossed my mind, but that's about as far as I'll go.  

When I was writing the component to build tables dynamically I noticed that IE performed about 5 times slower than FF.  Then later discovered, quite inadvertently, that if you make the table invisible while you're loading it, it makes the IE performance more comparable to FF.

I asked myself, what if I don't implement the IE performance trick?  Maybe it would motivate users to switch?  Then I considered the poor souls who may be lower down on the food chain, some of whom may not have a choice about which browser they use.  They still need a productive interface.

Nathan.