jmu1's Journal: Sick of having to use one browser or another

You know, I am sick and tired of having to use one browser of another on certian webpages. It is not only the web-developer's fault, but it is also the fault of the corporations (Netscape Included) trying to take over the internet and not just letting people use it like a highway.
It is particularly bad when it comes to plugins needed for certain research applications. I have come across several(I work in the IS dept of a University Library)plugins that if you even try to access their homepage(much less use their plugin), it will crash your browser, then lock up your machine cold... I am talking about a Windows lab here. I am primarily speaking about the anti-Netscape sentiment that web-developers have, but the door swings both ways. I find it a bit odd that many users have the habit of using IE simply because they didn't have to install anything nor did they have to download 15(or so)Mb of software over their pathetic dial-up. It is no wonder why Netscape is in the dumpster for this reason, but I am not understanding why Netscape made no effort to become more standards-freindly. Now we have Mozilla(and the new Netscape) and they are much better at getting to pages and rendering them as written. But it seems like it is too little, too late. At this point, when I try to access a page in Mozilla or NS6.1, I will sometimes get a message written just for me by a javascript: "This page is incompatible with Netscape 6, please upgrade to Internet Explorer 5.5". Funny, I didn't know that Microsoft made Netscape, much less that it was an upgrade to get to IE5.5 from Netscape 6!
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