Filed under: GearGOD's
How timely! Microsoft has released an updated Internet Explorer 7 which amongst other things, drops the WGA validation so now anyone can install it. This appears to be a move to increase its currently miniscule market share, but I’m for one happy because more people using IE7 means less people using IE6.
Filed under: GearGOD's
Traffic statistics show that 52% of visitors here are using Firefox, which is awesome. However they show that the next most common browser is IE6 at 22%. People running that piece of crap should really switch to a real browser. I never hated it, I just plain didn’t use it because it sucked and Opera offered much more. Now however, I joined the ranks of web developers who hate it with a passion and understood why they do. Nothing bloody works!
The layout for this site is pretty much consistent between ff and opera, but in ie it’s completely different, and really fucked up. Things are in the wrong places, PNGs don’t show up seethrough, this that.. Bleh. The png issue especially is driving me nuts. I implemented a fix that tricks it into rendering them properly but you’ll see every png with an image cannot be displayed X over it.
People do yourelf a favour and stop using that piece of shit that only Microsoft could call a browser. At the very least, move on to IE7. Firefox and Opera are years ahead in terms of features. Extensions, skins, rss readers, quickdial, billions of things that IE doesn’t have.
(Wild-Tiger addon:) And don’t forget security issues and all that. IE is a death-trap, because IE only updates when they feel like it. More to the point, IE is targeted by virus’ not only because hackers have had years to penetrate it, but because it’s such a popular browser it makes it the better target.