[mmmelissa]

"first you need to make the assumption of a browser baseline. For me it is at least IE8, however that is quickly moving to IE 9 as most should upgrade to at least IE9, even stodgy old enterprises"

BAD ASSUMPTION Just because they should doesnt mean they have or will anytime soon!!!

Have fun convincing my "stodgy old enterprise" to upgrade to IE9. They JUST upgraded to IE8! Yes, ideally no one should be using these crappy old browsers, and I champion this idea and all of the reasons why at work all the time. Rational arguments dont work in the kool-aid world of government. (Does it need to be said that I am looking for a new job?)

A lot of people browse the web from work, and so I dont think it is safe to ignore all of those crappy browsers yet.