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 --- > > 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/ >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > >