On 3 October 2013 11:21, Adam Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > With that said, good sites don't push people off of IE. That's basically > rude and unnecessary (and often doesn't even work properly). Sites that > don't work well on IE should simply not work well.
I do not agree at all. As a web service owner, security comes first. One cannot in good conscience compromise security simply because some users are irrationally choosing one browser over another. This is doubly true for banking services. Second comes usability. Even here, it makes sense to ditch IE support. Do you have any idea how much additional resources is wasted on making an otherwise-perfect web page work in IE? Some people do, apparently. There's a web shop out there which, if you are using IE7, adds 6.8% to your bill. This is to pay for the additional development time wasted on making everything work in the non-standards-compliant archaic excuse for a browser. On a personal note: I outright block IE users from my web page altogether, dumping them on this page: <http://www.sandslott.org/ie/>. This page contains good arguments for users to ditch IE, but it also serves the purpose of keeping them off my page. The kind of person who would knowingly and willingly use Internet Exporer is irrational and objectionable. I don't want that kind of person on my page, in my house, in my workplace, in my neighbourhood, or in my life.
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