I thought those days were over...

[triskellian]

"Unfortunately our website is not compatible with Macs or firefox. Is there any way you can get to a PC with Internet Explorer

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[lanfykins]

'So what was the particular piece of website design that was worth giving up the revenue of a third of the web-using world?'

[lanfykins]

Browser use statistics

[triskellian]

Thank you. Too brain-fogged to find that page, but that's exactly what I shall use to respond.

(It was NUS extra.)

[onebyone]

That's not how it works, though.

Just because 30% of people use non-IE for preference, doesn't mean they aren't prepared to fire up IE where necessary. You might as well argue that because people spend upwards of 90% of their time not in a car, out of town shopping centres are giving up 90% of their potential custom. They aren't, they're giving up the proportion which doesn't have a car at all. And they don't care.

[onebyone]

Also, from that page you cite:

"Statistics are important information."

Ahahahaha. And other such hysterical laughter. And so to bed.