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RE: IE only .gov site

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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Aug 12, 2005 11:12AM

> Many moons ago, I was part of a team that built an intraweb
> for the VA.
> This was IE specific with a Microsoft SQL backend and had
> heavy use of ActiveX (including Microsoft Agent technology)
> and other IE-only code that would never fly on a public web.

The problem is that IE policy is just that...policy, and not always
policeable.

Two examples:

1) I once worked on an intranet for 3M. I was assured that their IT
policy was 800 pixel minimum resolution, so our intranet should fully
use 800 pixels of screen real estate. I normally don't do that, but
since this was a mandate, and assured policy, we went with it.

The day came to present it to their department head. Oops. They were
using a 640 screen.

2) Our own org had an IE-only policy. Yet, one of our superiors insisted
on NN4. We still have an IE-only policy but we've slowly been
infiltrating that with a bunch of Firefox users. ;o)

-Darrel