I agree, I personally feel that as web devs with four other major browers that basically follow the same standards, we should spend our time targeting them. But

I agree, I personally feel that as web devs with four other major browers that basically follow the same standards, we should spend our time targeting them. But to simply ignore the MS/IE user base is pure ignorance. I had a hand in porting a chrome-only app (embark.delta.com) over to all browsers and we had to remove all of the "cool" advances just to get it to work with ie9. Bottom line is that the combo of MS/IE still, and will for a while, retard the progression that is being made. As long as IE is player, we'll have to say "fuck, but what about IE?" when we see cool new advances. This is why I am happy about the mobile browser landscape