Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Wed Sep 5 14:32:55 CDT 2012
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 >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/**mailman/listinfo/dba-tech<http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech> >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.**com<http://www.databaseadvisors.com> >>> >>> >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/**mailman/listinfo/dba-tech<http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech> > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.**com<http://www.databaseadvisors.com> > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com