03 August 2005

Boycott IE -"a cancer on the web"

"My advice is simple: Boycott IE. It's a cancer on the Web that must be stopped. IE isn't secure and isn't standards-compliant, which makes it unworkable both for end users and Web content creators. Because of their user bases, however, Web developers are hamstrung into developing for IE at the expense of established standards that work well in all other browsers. You can turn the tide by demanding more from Microsoft and by using a better alternative Web browser. I recommend and use Mozilla Firefox, but Apple Safari (Macintosh only) and Opera 8 are both worth considering as well."
He has a point.
IE 7.0 Technical Changes Leave Web Developers, Users in the Lurch:

2 comments:

Dr Moose said...

I moved from IE (a lazy position I admit) to Firefox a few months ago. Apart from a couple of minor glitches I have no complaint, and I won't be moving back. More to the point the browser share my blog is IE c. 50% and Firefox c.45%. So, either I have targetted to savvy bunch, or something is afoot already...

Andii said...

my Firefox traffic last time I looked was around 20% -but these things can vary hugely; once about 20% of my traffic was Linux but then it dropped to under 5% ...
I hope something is afoot [and I don't just mean 12 inches either!]

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