IE6 and the blame game
“It’s not that IE6 is out-dated and substandard (although it is), but that large organisations have needed to lock users in to using an approved Web browser … So why do they do that? There can be many reasons, but the largest, and most difficult to dispute is actually of our own creation. We (the Web developers of the world) built expensive, bespoke Web applications for large enterprises and (naturally) ensured that they worked on the most popular browser of the time.”
Phil Hawksworth makes some really valid points in his frank, well-considered post on Internet Explorer 6, arguing that web developers who locked companies in need to take some responsibility. While it’s poorly implemented and showing its age, many users simply don’t have the option of upgrading to more standards-compliant browsers. Read more here.
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 @ 12:16 am
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August 12th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Google Chrome is pretty quick, user friendly and overall decent, but doesn’t seem to handle plug-ins/compatibility as well as IE! If you find the optimal, let me know!
August 13th, 2009 at 1:22 am
Hey Chris
On Mac, I’m a Safari fan, though Camino is good too (Firefox rendering engine but Mac interface). On PC, I use Firefox but with the IETab plugin for those awkward sites where developers haven’t thought about anything other than IE. It’s especially useful for work actually, where Intranet sites only work in IE… lets you open sites in IE rendering engine within a Firefox tab. As for Chrome, to be honest I’m not that impressed. Yes, it’s fast… but the interface is very sparse, ugly, industrial Google.