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At 7/6/2011 03:02 PM Wednesday, Scott Smith wrote: >Any one of you who thinks that such a MAMMOTH corporate entity is >going to expend huge amounts of time and money trying to be >compatible with every release of every browser and browser add-on >that exists on the day after the next point rev is released really >needs to take the next shuttle back to reality. No need to expend such "huge amounts" of time & money if they merely write to common standards. That's the simple point that we are all making. To the contrary, it is precisely because SAP *did* spend "huge amounts of time and money" trying to be compatible with *very specific* *proprietary* and fleeting standards that they shot themselves in the foot. They could have saved themselves time and money, and their customers a lot of grief, simply by adhering to common standards. > It ain't gonna happen, despite all of the bitching and moaning > happening here on the NAG list. And if you think that the makers of IE, FF, etc., are going to adapt their browsers in order to make SAP work again, well, as I have said in another thread, that "ain't gonna happen" either. So it *is* up to SAP to knuckle down and make their system work with common modern browsers, once again simply by writing the code to well-established and common standards. If you think that is such an impossible job, then you, sir, "really need to take the next shuttle back to reality." And yes, if you like, you may consider *me* an apologist for open and common standards. Regards, -- dkm