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Beauty of the Web - IE9

11 points by vijaydev 16y ago

barredo 16y ago
Screenshot of the website in IE6, just for curiosity: http://cl.ly/ca5874e11ad4acdabb09 http://cl.ly/ca5874e11ad4acdabb09, times sure are changing
- auxbuss 16y ago
  If I could have up'd you +100 I would have. For all of us who, in the past, had to fight the unbelievable crap that was -- and for some poor souls still is -- IE6, view this link and savour the memories. Sleep well.
jordanroher 16y ago
Is it ironic that a site called "Beauty of the Web" is not itself beautiful? The blue & purple scheme looks like my monitor's having hue issues rather than some subtle color epiphany. The animations are nice but, for example, the "download IE9" popup at the top right looks amateurish, as does the orange button compelling us to Download Now. Compare this to the beautiful design of even Firefox's update pages and be disappointed. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.9/whatsnew/ http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.9/whatsnew/
- ubercore 16y ago
  I honestly had a fairly positive reaction to the design. The rainbow color scheme feels fresh and modern to me. The mozilla page you posted is exceptionally well done, but not as visually interesting, in my opinion.
- benologist 16y ago
  It's more subjective then ironic I think.
  - petervandijck 16y ago
    Nah, it really is ugly.
dogas 16y ago
As a web developer, I've wasted countless hours attempting to fix things that rendered poorly in IE 6,7, and 8. I think back of all the hacks to fix the many many css bugs out there, and at least for me, dealing with and debugging older versions of IE has left a very bitter taste in my mouth. A couple years ago it was even worse when IE8 was not out yet and there were zero developer tools to help try to understand how IE was rendering things. And, the final kick in the pants is that IE7 and IE8 are still very pervasive and will not go away quickly, AND IE9 is for windows 7 and greater only, and thus the entire state of the art of modern web development will still be as follows: - design and test using modern browsers and tools like firebug - test in IE and realize there are rendering bugs everywhere - look longingly at the awesome strides that HTML5 and CSS3 are making, and realize that these awesome things are at least 5 years away from the mainstream, once IE9 and other modern browsers get more of a foothold. If microsoft really wanted to push the state of web development, they would build IE9 for earlier versions of windows, OR retrofit the rendering engine of IE9 into earlier versions of IE. Thanks microsoft, for finally giving a fuck. But fuck you for taking so long.
- maximilianburke 16y ago
  IE9 requires Windows Vista, not Windows 7.
ibejoeb 16y ago
I'm actually really excited for IE9. I think it's a significant step forward that will help bring advanced, modern web technologies to the majority of users. I'm definitely behind MS on this one.
- auxbuss 16y ago
  For Microsoft to in any way redeem itself, it must hit the target with IE9. Then it must correct IE8. Then it must fix IE7. And finally, it must correct or kill IE6. There would be many takers for the latter. There always has been. Anything less is not enough.

11 points by vijaydev 16y ago

Screenshot of the website in IE6, just for curiosity: http://cl.ly/ca5874e11ad4acdabb09 http://cl.ly/ca5874e11ad4acdabb09, times sure are changing

auxbuss 16y ago
If I could have up'd you +100 I would have. For all of us who, in the past, had to fight the unbelievable crap that was -- and for some poor souls still is -- IE6, view this link and savour the memories. Sleep well.

jordanroher 16y ago

Is it ironic that a site called "Beauty of the Web" is not itself beautiful? The blue & purple scheme looks like my monitor's having hue issues rather than some subtle color epiphany. The animations are nice but, for example, the "download IE9" popup at the top right looks amateurish, as does the orange button compelling us to Download Now. Compare this to the beautiful design of even Firefox's update pages and be disappointed. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.9/whatsnew/ http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.9/whatsnew/

ubercore 16y ago
I honestly had a fairly positive reaction to the design. The rainbow color scheme feels fresh and modern to me. The mozilla page you posted is exceptionally well done, but not as visually interesting, in my opinion.
benologist 16y ago
It's more subjective then ironic I think.
- petervandijck 16y ago
  Nah, it really is ugly.

dogas 16y ago

As a web developer, I've wasted countless hours attempting to fix things that rendered poorly in IE 6,7, and 8. I think back of all the hacks to fix the many many css bugs out there, and at least for me, dealing with and debugging older versions of IE has left a very bitter taste in my mouth. A couple years ago it was even worse when IE8 was not out yet and there were zero developer tools to help try to understand how IE was rendering things. And, the final kick in the pants is that IE7 and IE8 are still very pervasive and will not go away quickly, AND IE9 is for windows 7 and greater only, and thus the entire state of the art of modern web development will still be as follows: - design and test using modern browsers and tools like firebug - test in IE and realize there are rendering bugs everywhere - look longingly at the awesome strides that HTML5 and CSS3 are making, and realize that these awesome things are at least 5 years away from the mainstream, once IE9 and other modern browsers get more of a foothold. If microsoft really wanted to push the state of web development, they would build IE9 for earlier versions of windows, OR retrofit the rendering engine of IE9 into earlier versions of IE. Thanks microsoft, for finally giving a fuck. But fuck you for taking so long.

maximilianburke 16y ago
IE9 requires Windows Vista, not Windows 7.

ibejoeb 16y ago

I'm actually really excited for IE9. I think it's a significant step forward that will help bring advanced, modern web technologies to the majority of users. I'm definitely behind MS on this one.

auxbuss 16y ago
For Microsoft to in any way redeem itself, it must hit the target with IE9. Then it must correct IE8. Then it must fix IE7. And finally, it must correct or kill IE6. There would be many takers for the latter. There always has been. Anything less is not enough.