On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 12:39 PM, william degnan <[email protected]> wrote:
> I noticed today that web sites that are screen width responsive and device > independent are also "responsive" to really old browsers like Netscape 2.0 > running on a Windows 3.11 box. The whole push to make web sites mobile > friendly has had the unintended consequence of making Windows 3.11 web > browsing a little more practical than before. The only issue I found is > with javascript, one has best results if turned off entirely. Sites load > pretty quick as a lot of the overhead if not transmitted by the server, > perceiving the download is to a mobile or limited device. > > If you get the chance and run an older browser on an older OS my site is a > pretty good example of a modern site design that works in Windows 3.11 / > Netscape or Alpha / Mosaic etc. > > Bill > > > The only problem is that some sites are pretty much useless without Javascript enabled. Unless it's static content, there's usually some sort of dynamic behavior, even in rendering. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
