I know some will thump on our heads that good design should allow for every browser - but there are times where it just makes sense to put your time into what works in IE ... and the other 5% who haven't caught up to the lastest version or the available goodies like quicktime or Flash etc - oh, well ... update or get out of the way!

And I'm not trying to be a smart-ass or flipant. A case in point is where we'd be already with computer technology if Microsoft hadn't hamstrung itself in the early days by saying they'd make future versions backwards compatible. Keeping DOS alive long after it had reached its full potential slowed the movement into programming that wasn't DOS dependent.

What we see on the web today is far superior than what was out 10 years ago - and I can only guess at what we'll see in even 5 years from now. I don't condone monopolies - but it is smart business to develop your game plan to work with the guys who have the biggest investment in what we WILL see in 5 years.