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I understand your problem and I empathize with you. But you are at the very, very low end of the experience curve. It makes sense for me, as a designer, to cat
by dcurtis 18y ago
I understand your problem and I empathize with you.
But you are at the very, very low end of the experience curve. It makes sense for me, as a designer, to cater to the largest number of people possible, and to provide them the best experience I can. If I continue to cater to the outliers, like yourself, or like a friend of mine who runs a 3560x2056 screen, then I am doing a disservice to the largest segment of my market-- the average user.
If IE 6 were to go extinct, I would be able to provide a better experience for a larger number of people. If no one used 800x600, I would be able to provide a better experience to a larger number of people. Therefore, I will try as hard as I can to make both of those things true. Even if it makes your experience slightly less enjoyable; there will be collateral damage.
- edw519 18y agocater to the outliers Yes, catering to outliers sounds like a compromise most wouldn't want to make. All I'm suggesting is that we use our smarts and cleverness to find a way to deliver to outliers without catering to them and without breaking the bank. Now, that would be a real paradigm shift. (Oooh, I can't believe I said that.)
- dcurtis 18y agoAh, now I agree totally with that. And I've found that you can really easily make something that sort of works OK in IE6 most of the time if you follow all of these suggestions: http://anthonyshort.com.au/blog/comments/how-to-get-cross-browser-compatibility-everytime/ http://anthonyshort.com.au/blog/comments/how-to-get-cross-br...
- fauigerzigerk 18y agoThat paradigm shift is already in full swing. It's called Flash & Silverlight. Do you like it?
- unalone 18y agoFlash and Silverlight break default browser functionality, they're very hard to make flexible past a certain point, they are slow, they require separate plugins, and they don't add anything in terms of usability. In fact, they very often detract from usability. That's not a good shift.
- fauigerzigerk 18y agoBut that's exactly the result of not dumping old browsers. If developing for the browser drags productivity down as much as it does, mainstream developers will dump the browser, or - more realistically - reduce the browser to a plugin installation platform.
- unalone 18y agoIt is. You called it a paradigm shift, however, which it isn't. I banned IE on my personal site a little while ago. It's so satisfying not having to worry about it.