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10/20/06 Internet Explorer rant

Yes, yet another IE rant. Everytime that, like today, i have to spend 4 hours fixing the mess IE does, i feel like writing a big fat rant about it.

This website doesn’t work properly on IE. It’s just details, but they’re there. I will not bother fixing them; not because i can’t do it (i do it for client’s sites), but as a personal statement. Why should i fix something that isn’t broken on the first place?

The only reason IE has an usage share of almost 90% is because it comes bundled with Windows. IE6 is a bad product. It’s not just me saying; PC Magazine named it the 8th worst tech product of all times (and AOL is nº1, of course). But worry not! IE7 is right around the corner! is out… okay, worry, and worry lots. Who knows what whole new set of bugs will IE7 have. At the IE Development Blog (i’m too lazy to look for the specific post) they’re already asking web designers to fix their codes because the hacks used for IE6 might do a real mess on IE7. They’re asking me to fix the way i fixed their old mistakes, so thier new mistakes will be fixed too? What-ever. You should be less lazy than me and look for that post. The readers comments are hilarious.

Do yourself a favor. Download a standards compliant browser. I strongly recommend Opera. Or you can use Firefox, or many others.

And if you’re not on windows you’re already safe. Because come on, who on it’s right mind would use something like IE for Mac…

Edit: I just went to the official Microsoft IE7 site and look what happened (click on it to see it full size):

Nice.

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