IE Meta: Gruber Nails It
Posted on January 29, 2008
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I love this statement from John Gruber regarding Microsoft’s attempt to make all the other browsers pay for their past mistakes:
…I’m more likely to deliberately start blocking traffic from IE users than I am to add this bullshit tag to my markup. I want IE users to switch to another browser, so the last thing I want to do is help Microsoft hang onto IE users who might otherwise be tempted to switch to a standards-compliant browser.
Personally, and I apologize if this is insulting to you, but my assumption is that if you willingly use IE as your primary browser you don’t really give a crap about your web browsing experience (or online safety) anyhow so why should I exert myself?
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“if you willingly use IE as your primary browser you don’t really give a crap about your web browsing experience (or online safety)”
Please try to have some compassion for the people who work in environments where their web browser is mandated by the IT department.
They give a a crap, and they use FF at home, but IT has not realized that IT no longer controls the apparatus…
http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/09/we-have-lost-control-of-apparatus.html
I get that, hence the inclusion of “willingly use” into that statement (though perhaps I could have made that clearer).
I’ve worked in places where the vast majority of the users had IE foisted upon them and as such sympathize. I do. And I also realize its never as simple as “just install your own FF” or “make the powers that be change” or even “lead by example”, as I’m sure many would like.
It’s those that then go home, sign on, and then continue to poke themselves in the eye with the proverbial sharp stick for whom my compassion is lacking.
I should also point out that my opinion extends to my personal website (ie: this one) and not to professional development for which clients are paying and IE users are expected among the consumers. I suppose my disclaimer ought to read: “I speak only for myself in a personal capacity and not in a professional capacity”