This is really annoying, I use IE almost exclusivly. But more and more, I am finding problems with major sites not working with IE.
I then proceed to try them in FireFox and they work, now you might say well just use FireFox, but that is not the point, there is nothing wrong with IE, this is a problem of lazy developers failing to test their code properly in multiple browsers.
Our company uses one site in particular, which I wont name, and I contacted them to tell them that half their site doesn't work in IE. Their answer, was it works in FireFox use that.
Pathetic, does this mean they really dont care about the 50% of people using IE, its just pure laziness.
9 January 2009
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True. Locking out part of your audience via an "open" format like HTML... perverse thought.
There's a subthread that talks about falling percentage of IE6 audience:
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2009/01/ie6_on_the_way.html
What's particularly bizarre here is that, now that IE6 is down to the same percentage as Firefox, the Firefox evangelists say that 20% is inconsequential. Might as well say "don't test in Firefox". Makes no sense.
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If you want better experience use better browser. It's simple
s'funny. I get heartedly sick of government or other enterprise sites expecting me to use IE as a member of the public.
A classic case was a job application for Coles... totally broke in FF and would only work with IE on Windows.
go figure.
I agree on the fact that sites must be tested on every browser. However it is Microsoft who fails to meet the w3 cosortium standards, so ultimately is Microsoft who has to fix its browser.
There were a ton of good reasons I (and my family) originally switched to Opera, FireFox or Chrome. Tabs, themes, plug-ins, gestures, anti-phishing measures etc.
IE's added most of these in the last couple years, but here's why I stick with FireFox:
. Bookmarklets! (longer than 505 characters, that is)
. It's open source, I can write my own plug-ins without dropping any duckets on Visual Studio!
. GreaseMonkey!
. Firebug! (I've tried a few IE alternatives and imho nothing comes close)
AND finally IE isn't even an option for my OS here at home.
The only pro I can think of for Internet Explorer is
NOTE: I never used the words "safer", or "more secure" or "more reliable" and I didn't even say anything anything snarky about my OS being better than yours...even though it's all true! =P
Whoops, meant to say "The only pro I can think of for IE is NetFlix Instant Viewing...(Which I now just watch on my xbox!)"
Internet Explorer is ridiculous. It's just an awkward bloated annoyance. Firefox is crisp, clean, well maintained and lively. im better than you.
I am inclined to agree, I use FF for my own personal browsing, and also for work use. But whenever I develop a site I test on IE6 & 7 as well as FF.
How can you consider yourself a tech person when you use IE exclusively? I am a web developer and I absolutely hate making sure my sites work properly in IE, especially IE6 but regardless I do it. But honestly, I want to give a disclaimer that my site doesn't work in IE6. It waste so much time to get it to work.
I do this work for the ignorant people that don't know any better alternatives but you should really reconsider your position on using IE. It's slower, clunkier, and has no better features except maybe phishing tools but if you are technical, phishing will not get you.
My point was test in all browsers, we test in all browsers.
IE is my browser of choice, and when I come across sites that dont work in IE, its not good enough.
Firefox is still the minority. And just because tech's might prefer it, end users still mostly use IE.
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