[dba-Tech] The fate of IE

Maybe, just like a divorce, ugly though it may be, IE may just split
completely from the industry's standards and go its separate way.

Of course, who will look after the children? It sure will not be a nice
scenario for the consumers but Microsoft, so far, has failed to innovate or
standardize and their core supporters and designers have finally just had
enough.

Jim  

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From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 12:13 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The fate of IE

 Not designing for IE is a big mistake IMO. Many companies have bespoke
applications that ONLY work in IE, therefore they don't allow other browsers
to be used.

My company is one such example. I've been looking into licencing at all the
UK sites this week, so I happen to have the figures. We have approx. 1000
PCs. All bar one has IE8. Mine is the one with IE9 on it. We have 2 Chrome
installations  (both in the IT department), and 19 Firefox (there are 12
different versions of Firefox on those 19 computers!).


Jon

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: 05 September 2012 19:56
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The fate of IE

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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