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Are you under the impression that all web pages and all web applications have been created with utmost respect for the standard and only the one standard (and n
by rakoo 11y ago
Are you under the impression that all web pages and all web applications have been created with utmost respect for the standard and only the one standard (and not a specific browser in mind) and have been maintained for the last 10 years ?
Because those applications, that only work with IE (and not a too recent one !) do exist, and are a PITA to work with. It's not like the application would have some glitches or some CSS properties that don't render correctly with Chrome or Firefox; it's a real "does not work".
- mikeash 11y agoI struggle to understand the relevance of this comment. What have I said that indicates I think such web apps don't exist? Of course they do. My point is that they don't mean you can't run a better browser, for other web stuff.
- h_r 11y agoIt's obvious you never worked for a large bureaucratic company having to support many intranet legacy web apps. Of course you can run another browser for the other stuff. This is about the financial costs of software resulting in "corporate standards" including some ancient browser. This is not at all unusual. And it's hardly a thing to flame the messenger on. It's just a reality some people deal with.
- mikeash 11y agoI covered that above: "Maybe corporate policy prohibited it, but that means it's basically a choice to keep using old and broken stuff." I acknowledge and understand that some web sites require ancient browsers and some companies have policies prohibiting alternatives. I just don't see that being at all related to poor people using old computers, because poor people do it out of necessity, while corporate policies are a choice. I'm not flaming the messenger because of these policies, I'm just getting a bit annoyed that people keep telling me irrelevant things and criticizing me for things I'm not saying.