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True Enough
Believe it or not... I double checked what I would consider one of my clients who has a "hip" or "savvy" crowd and low and behold, there was an IE6 user...
I didn't have to look hard, and I was able to identify that they were indeed a real human being and not a robot.
Not only is IE 6 alive, so is IE 7, IE 8, ect...
Safari is huge too... I mean is Chrome still idenitifying itself as Safari? I hardly see any chromes to be honest.
I'm on a Mac... a G4 laptop... I can't even use Chrome. They don't support it on my computer type...
Firefox, Explorer, Safari, Chrome, Opera, in that priority... For me as a developer anyways... It's alot of work, especially when you hit IE6.
IE6... The reason why...
IE6 is built into Windows XP... this is why it's still heavily used... with all the nonsence regarding Vista, many savvy PC users are die-hard XP fans (although they probably use Firefox most of the time).
Personally, I use the IETab addon in Firefox... it's uses the WinXP (built-in) IE6 engine to render pages, but it displays in the FireFox window... this is useful for web development purposes.
There's many other reasons to use an alternate browser as well... but in my case, I just don't want to update my IE browser when I don't need the extra weight... I only use it sometimes (which is why you may notice the odd SAVVY person in your clients web stats).
When I'm developing, I use sites like "Xenocode" to test multiple browsers without the need to actually install them... it's essentially a portable version of each browser... perfect for development testing, while wanting to keep your machine clean.
Ultimately, I hate Internet Explorer... it's garbage compared to Firefox... it's also the only browser left that's creating a problem for developers... MS should be ashamed of themselves... these days, they're acting like spoiled children that aren't getting their way... stubborn and spiteful towards the hand that feeds them.
Just like the PC / Mac war... this browser war is getting really tired.
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since we're talking about one of the most popular browsers on the web, lots of people downloaded, installed and tested it. However, some of them may encounter unexpected problems because IE8 doesn't support several important web services, including Gmail and Yahoo Mail.
@HipSoul Clothing:
@HipSoul Clothing: (firstly, use a real name), I actually prefer IE over Firefox. But that's a personal thing. IE 8 is the most compliant browser developed so far. IE6 is where most developers have their issues, but lets face it, IE6 is a program that predates any kind of standard. That's like trying to run a car from the 60's on bio-diesel. It's just not going to happen.
I'd agree that the browser wars are pretty much on a par with the PC vs Mac debate. Which isn't really a debate, you can't compare a total package with an OS (despite them referring to the hardware).
Firefox
I enjoy the user experience of Firefox over any IE. Usability is completely better
IE 5.2
Hey... At least IE 5.2 Mac is dead... I F$!#ing hated that piece of crud... I am soo glad I never had to make any scripts which worked in Netscape though, oh man...
Let's face it... Firexfox is amazing... There is something so unbelievable comfortable about it...
IE 5.2
Now all of a sudden I'm concsious of any programmers who might have worked on IE 5.2 who might in a one-in-a-million chance actually read my comments.
It was actually and awesome browser and I learned tons from it... What I couldn't stand is that I couldn't get anything I made in it to work in anything else. It was probably just me though... Oh well...
Web development nightmare
Double-Checking is a must
Double-checking your web site design or updates in all major web browsers is a must for any web developer. It sucks but you have to even consider IE6.
Believe me the only time I tried to ignore IE6, after publishing the site, my client's girlfriend send him an email to point out she cannot see the web site 's navigation. We investigated to find out she was using IE6.
Well we have to re-tweak the site navigation to include IE6. The moral of the story is at any crucial point in your site design or update, you need to preview your work in ALL major browsers: IE6, IE7, IE8, FF, Safari, Opera and Chrome. If you don't because of your ego or you are trying to snob IE, then it will come back and bite you on the ---.
As a developer you should have all those web browsers in your computer or invite your friends to preview your work for you if some of those browsers are incompatible with your OS.
you have this backwards
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