Well I can't mention who I am referring to in a public discussion group but I know of more than a few who insist that ie has it right and are stubborn on this beyond all reason.
I recall what things were like ten years ago - 12 years ago I have the same mindset but then my eyes were opened - I too have a good memory :) dinosaur developers do very much live in our times; as do systems with a lifespan that far exceed what they were intended for One such dd that I refer to created a CMS, impressive in its elegance too, but it focused on ie use only to the extent that it only worked in IE - the very same could have been achieved in better browsers and would have been all the better for it too consistent abysmal performance rather than graded browser support - I know which I prefer I remember 25 years ago. You'd have hated that. 25 years ago I was using Acorn Eletron playing Killer Gorilla from tape - S On 14 June 2010 16:59, st...@stevegibbings.co.uk <st...@stevegibbings.co.uk>wrote: > It's not dinasaur developers. It's systems that were never intended to have > the lifespan they have. The web was a very different place a decade ago. See > I remember 25 years ago. You'd have hated that. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 14 Jun 2010, at 16:34, Sam Sherlock <sam.sherl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That's an industry education project in itself. > > > indeed it is and Microsoft was forced to inform windows users of the choice > of browsers a little while ago > > BBC Click reported that one XP user worried that this was the result of > malware installed on his machine. > Often users ignore system messages anyway > > there are a few things at play here with these ie dinosaurs > > 1. The industry is still quite young and its users are not that > knowledgeable of choices and whats to be gained > 2. Humans are reluctant to make changes even when the offer is free of > charge - humans fear change; change requires effort on behalf of the user > > 'we have dedicated systems that reply on IE6' > > > surely *rely upon *dinosaur users exist in dinosaur environments - these > systems are created by retro thinking developers who still despite all the > evidence to contrary think that IE browsers have the jump on other browsers > or feel it more important for the system to be consistently abysmal across > browsers rather than acceptable in IE6/7 and better in ie8 and vastly > better in everything else. > > Ninja squads need to invade the premisses of ie6 users and install > something better! > > using ie should be considered a health & safety issue > <http://icant.co.uk/ie6-amelie/>http://icant.co.uk/ie6-amelie/ > > - S > > > > On 14 June 2010 14:46, Stephen Gibbings < <st...@stevegibbings.co.uk> > st...@stevegibbings.co.uk> wrote: > >> > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: <http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm> > http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: <http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm> > http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: <memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org>memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
