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Now Apple's visionary for deciding not to support a browser? The reality distortion field is stronger here than I thought. When you're building a product for c

by aston 18y ago

Now Apple's visionary for deciding not to support a browser? The reality distortion field is stronger here than I thought. When you're building a product for customers, the last thing you should be concerned about is saving developer time if it means your less savvy customer base is giving you enough money to make that time worth it.

cstejerean 18y ago
The people still running IE6 are likely the same users that happily install any piece of spyware and open executable attachments from untrusted sources. If a couple of high traffic sites stopped supporting IE6 and showed a "click here to install IE7" the IE6 market share would disappear almost overnight.
mechanical_fish 18y ago
When you're building a product for customers, the last thing you should be concerned about is saving developer time if it means your less savvy customer base is giving you enough money to make that time worth it. Unless your strategy is to release a product that can convince less-savvy customers to join the ranks of the savvy... perhaps by junking their creaky old Windows software and upgrading to something nicer and more modern. Like, say, one of those shiny Macs at the Apple Store. You're right, this kind of nonlinear thinking is not a rational strategy for most of us individual website developers. It's only a rational strategy if you've got enormous chutzpah and the ability to create and sell products that warp the market rather than merely adapt to it. The reality distortion field is stronger here than I thought. God, I hope so. Yes, it's hyperbole to call this move by Apple "visionary" -- just as it's kind of hyperbolic to claim that shaving ten seconds off the Mac's boot time is a matter of life and death. So be it. I will gleefully countenance any amount of reality distortion, social engineering, and breathless handwaving in the name of reducing the browser share of IE6 as quickly as possible. I'm sure many of my fellow CSS designers agree with me. So let the word go forth: Only squares, and people who still use words like "squares", use IE6. Your friends are secretly laughing at your IE6. IE6 is responsible for most of the evil in the world today. Steve Jobs hates IE6. DHH hates IE6. The Pope hates IE6. According to generally reliable Internet sources [1], Bruce Schneier, Chuck Norris, and Paul Graham disdain IE6. Everytime you launch IE6, God kills a kitten. [1] i.e., me, but only when I'm not being intentionally hyperbolic. ;)
- commandar 18y ago
  Three words: Safari trojan horse.

by aston 18y ago

cstejerean 18y ago

The people still running IE6 are likely the same users that happily install any piece of spyware and open executable attachments from untrusted sources. If a couple of high traffic sites stopped supporting IE6 and showed a "click here to install IE7" the IE6 market share would disappear almost overnight.

mechanical_fish 18y ago

When you're building a product for customers, the last thing you should be concerned about is saving developer time if it means your less savvy customer base is giving you enough money to make that time worth it. Unless your strategy is to release a product that can convince less-savvy customers to join the ranks of the savvy... perhaps by junking their creaky old Windows software and upgrading to something nicer and more modern. Like, say, one of those shiny Macs at the Apple Store. You're right, this kind of nonlinear thinking is not a rational strategy for most of us individual website developers. It's only a rational strategy if you've got enormous chutzpah and the ability to create and sell products that warp the market rather than merely adapt to it. The reality distortion field is stronger here than I thought. God, I hope so. Yes, it's hyperbole to call this move by Apple "visionary" -- just as it's kind of hyperbolic to claim that shaving ten seconds off the Mac's boot time is a matter of life and death. So be it. I will gleefully countenance any amount of reality distortion, social engineering, and breathless handwaving in the name of reducing the browser share of IE6 as quickly as possible. I'm sure many of my fellow CSS designers agree with me. So let the word go forth: Only squares, and people who still use words like "squares", use IE6. Your friends are secretly laughing at your IE6. IE6 is responsible for most of the evil in the world today. Steve Jobs hates IE6. DHH hates IE6. The Pope hates IE6. According to generally reliable Internet sources [1], Bruce Schneier, Chuck Norris, and Paul Graham disdain IE6. Everytime you launch IE6, God kills a kitten. [1] i.e., me, but only when I'm not being intentionally hyperbolic. ;)

commandar 18y ago
Three words: Safari trojan horse.