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If you're a web developer, you'd wish Apple were more aggressive and just replaced IE with Safari entirely. ...I wouldn't mind that. Especially if it was IE6.
by pak 17y ago
If you're a web developer, you'd wish Apple were more aggressive and just replaced IE with Safari entirely.
...I wouldn't mind that. Especially if it was IE6.
- Silhouette 17y agoNo, I wouldn't, because I have to test with IE to make sure my stuff is going to work for the required customer base. Other parties messing around with my carefully configured development system are not welcome, ever. You don't get to install software updates without checking with me first. You don't get to install add-ons or toolbars or system tray utilities or lurking processes. These things are a threat to my system and my ability to do a proper, professional job using it, and they will be dealt with accordingly.
- pak 17y agoOk, but I'm referring to the general home user (that uses iTunes), not a carefully configured corporate environment. If all these moms and pops out there switched to Safari and cut IE6 usage in half, I really would not mind. Yes, I know it's evil, but so is supporting IE6; this is my disgruntled self speaking.
- Silhouette 17y agoIME, most home users left IE6 behind a long time ago. Sure, there's still the odd one, but it's the big corporations with their standard desktop configurations and in-house software tied to IE6 that are really holding things back. At least we seem to have turned a corner in recent months, with even major players like Google basically saying that if you're still on IE6 it's now you're problem not theirs, so I imagine even the hold-outs will find it increasingly difficult to ignore progress in future.