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[Nick Sabalausky]

"David Nadlinger" <see at klickverbot.at> wrote in message 
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> On 12/15/10 8:04 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> Are they in 99.9% of the browsers *actually being used now*?
>
> As it was already discussed, this is not as much of an argument as it 
> might seem - Windows x86 isn't used on 99.9% of all machines either.
>

First of all, the percentage of user machines that are Windows is much much 
higher than the percentage of browsers being used that are bleeding-edge.

Secondly, If someones going to make a non-cross-platform desktop app these 
days, I'd consider that silly too. Maybe less silly, but only because it's 
notably easier to test a page with JS on/off and in multiple browsers than 
to test an app on multiple OSes, and because there is Wine.

Third, it's uncommon to need to use a *specific* non-cross-platform app. The 
vast majority of the time there are alternates available. But it's not 
uncommon at all for a website to not have an alternate equivalent. Trying to 
make an online payment to Visa or check on one of Visa's policies? Are you 
gonna be able to do that at MasterCard's website? With desktop software 
stuff like that rarely happens. Basically, websites/webapps have a greater 
need for compatibility than desktop apps do.