Comments on Dale Fraser's Blog: Please test your site in IE.

My point was test in all browsers, we test in all ...

2009-10-08T23:59:05.690+11:00

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.

How can you consider yourself a tech person when y...

2009-10-07T13:59:11.000+11:00

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.

I am inclined to agree, I use FF for my own person...

2009-02-20T01:57:00.000+11:00

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.

Internet Explorer is ridiculous. It's just an awkw...

2009-02-18T06:32:00.000+11:00

Internet Explorer is ridiculous. It's just an awkward bloated annoyance. Firefox is crisp, clean, well maintained and lively. im better than you.

Whoops, meant to say "The only pro I can think of ...

2009-01-09T12:36:00.000+11:00

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!)"

There were a ton of good reasons I (and my family)...

2009-01-09T12:32:00.000+11:00

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

I agree on the fact that sites must be tested on e...

2009-01-09T12:06:00.000+11:00

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.

s'funny. I get heartedly sick of government or oth...

2009-01-09T11:56:00.000+11:00

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.

If you want better experience use better browser. ...

2009-01-09T11:23:00.000+11:00

If you want better experience use better browser. It's simple

True. Locking out part of your audience via an "op...

2009-01-09T11:15:00.000+11:00

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.

jd/adobe