[dba-Tech] The fate of IE

If the consumer would quit complaining about the cost of a week or two of
work required to make IE function then no one else would have any complaint.


Example: three lines of code, counting the opening and closing tags to
insert any streaming video or audio clip, on a web page. On many versions of
IE, inserting an unstable flash object, and all the code associated, is the
only alternate solution... (Silverlight is only possible if you are hosting
on a MS server with that capability) or a Google plug-in and the solution is
only truly reliable outside the cell phone and tablet market.   

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 1:00 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The fate of IE

Ditto

And I use IE because it doesn't cause the hassle of FF or GC when open my
Team Viewer files. The ones require a couple of extra, annoying, clicks and
no matter what settings I use they just won't stop annoying me with those. I
use Firefox because it takes the wrapped hyperlinks and actually works
whereas IE doesn't. Chrome just seems to always be a PITA depending on what
I'm doing. I try Opera every now and again hoping it will be the answer but
it always seems to be even more annoying.

If IE would be forced to accommodate open standards all the more power or
them!

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 1:56 PM
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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