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Every single browser vendor has exit polling showing websites being broken is one of the top reasons for users changing browser. This isn't some idea, we have s

• jhatax 10y ago
  This. Most users do not think that their favorite website is broken; the believe the browser is at fault. Therefore, they find a browser that renders said website correctly and stick with it. The problems are manifold, and it's the browser that supports both the standard and many non-standard ways of describing content that wins out: Chrome today; IE before the "second coming of web browsers".
  • gsnedders 10y ago
    And if every browser breaks it, you find an old browser that it works with and stick to that forever, which is really bad for everyone.
    • drdaeman 10y ago
      Is this also backed by research? Because I sort of doubt this. An old browsers become a nuisance quite fast, with "sorry, you need a browser that supports $feature and yours doesn't". Well, I mean, I had to stick with 2 years old browser for some time and this certainly wasn't a good UX.
• drdaeman 10y ago
  Of course, it's true. Yet, I hope, no one would argue this is also exactly how we ended up with a giant pile of hacks. ;) The only solution I can think of is a cartel-like agreements between all major browser vendors, on issue-per-issue basis, when they decide they want a sane tech and for the sake of it won't compete on certain compatibility points. Which is quite unlikely.