[dba-Tech] The fate of IE

That is the other side of the coin. 

I think that just maybe, we are seeing a split in the browser market and IE
might just be going its separate way. 

Would that be a bad thing?

Jim

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I still find sites that don't work right unless I use IE.

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
>
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