[dba-Tech] The fate of IE

Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com
Wed Sep 5 16:20:38 CDT 2012


Dear Gary,

A-M-E-N ! ! !

T

Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
231-322-2787

On 9/5/2012 3:32 PM, Gary Kjos wrote:
> 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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