[dba-Tech] The fate of IE

Peter Brawley peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Wed Sep 5 14:28:42 CDT 2012


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

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> GK
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> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
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>> 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/
>>
>> 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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