[dba-Tech] The fate of IE

Here here!

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 2:33 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The fate of IE

I wish site designers would stop trying to dazzle me with all the wiz bang
stuff when i'm only trying to order a book or a new fishing license or
something else mundane.

And stop putting a video playing or some moving graphic someplace on EVERY
PAGE.

GK

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Peter Brawley
<peter.brawley at earthlink.net>wrote:

> On 2012-09-05 1:55 PM, Gary Kjos wrote:
>
>> I still find sites that don't work right unless I use IE.
>>
>
> 'Cuz they're written for IE compatibility. Annoying ain't it?
>
> PB
>
> ---
>
>
>> GK
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>>  Microsoft's IE is still doing well in the percentage of use by users.
>>>
>>> After all, it comes automatically on every Windows computer and 
>>> given many users laziness or just fear of trying anything new, may 
>>> be the only thing that is saving it.
>>>
>>> What has changed is that it has finally become clear that most web 
>>> developers have abandoned doing work on the browser. It has just 
>>> become too expensive. According to the attached article, only about 
>>> 16 percent of developers are now actively supporting the IE product 
>>> line.
>>>
>>> If this trend continues, eventually, whether the basic Windows 
>>> consumer wishes it or not, they will find themselves having to move 
>>> to other browsers if they wish to enjoy any of the modern content 
>>> delivery applications.
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/**2012/09/04/internet_explorer/<http://
>>> www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/04/internet_explorer/>
>>>
>>> For me as a web developer, either the re-developement of IE, to 
>>> industry standards or IE's demise, couldn't happen soon enough.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
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