Charles Martin tapped out this message on 5/5/2003 1:08 AM >No offense intended (because I know it's not your decision) but that's >just nonsense. Netscape 7, Mozilla, Safari, and yes even IE 5.1 are >every bit as secure as Netscape 4.7. Probably MUCH more so thanks to >the holes that have been found in javascript! However, there is nothing like Netscape 4.8 for deconstruction and bypassing the no-righclick, grabbing things from the cache, etc! Some things that are impossible to do with IE. >As for "degrading web sites," here's an easy way to save yourself a lot >of bother: stick to the W3C standards for HTML and you'll never have a >problem. It is ONLY when designers stray into unproven "extensions and >extras" that you start getting sites that show up correctly on one >browser and not on another. iCab is an INVALUABLE tool for checking >standards-compliance. You should test your sites with IT and then you >won't have to worry about IE vs. Netscape -- it will work correctly in >both. Um actually I think it is just the opposite. W3C "standards" often make things in Netscape either not show up, or overlap improperly or even crash.