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Alright then, let's just say they're rapidly gaining irrelevance status. Happy? 81% market share is not very spectacular when you used to have 97% a few years

• mixmax 19y ago
  81% market share is still spectacular - even if you used to have 97%. However you look at it they are the largest player, and you have to design for it. Having a website that doesn't work in IE is like having a store where you have a guy at the door telling 4 out of five people that they can't come inside to buy your stuff. I don't particularly like MS, and I don't agree with their tactics but that doesn't mean I make the naive mistake of dismissing them or thinking that in a few years they'll be gone. They won't, so be a little pragmatic. IE is in no way irrelevant, nor is it becoming so in the near future.
  • Hexstream 19y ago
    Agreed, but I can't shake the feeling this is a self-fulfilling prophecy. You're advising to act like they'll still be the dominant player in a few years, but by supporting them this way it's indeed true that this will be the case. See the vicious circle?
    • mixmax 19y ago
      I do - but unfortunately it's not really a matter of choice. Not if you goal is to make money that is.