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>The point is that these middleware appliances we often use as a scapegoat exist only in well-controlled private networks. Why should we care about them? Perha
by zamfi 2y ago
>The point is that these middleware appliances we often use as a scapegoat exist only in well-controlled private networks. Why should we care about them?
Perhaps for the same reason we only stopped caring about IE 6 after its usage dropped below a tiny percentage.
For better or worse, making your website available to as many groups of people as possible, regardless of their browser selection or network configuration, has been a long-standing goal in the community.
If your website isn't available to folks at the offices of company X because they use appliance Y, through no fault of user Z's, well...that's not ideal, is it?
- the8472 2y agoOr they could be ignored so that the users drag their IT kicking and screaming into the 21st century once an important enough site necessitates it. Corporate users usually have more direct influence on their IT than ISP customers. https://blog.chriszacharias.com/a-conspiracy-to-kill-ie6 https://blog.chriszacharias.com/a-conspiracy-to-kill-ie6
- zamfi 2y agoExactly! That post I think perfectly encapsulates the typical line of thinking here.
- hackmiester 2y ago> Perhaps for the same reason we only stopped caring about IE 6 after its usage dropped below a tiny percentage. We did? Half of the sites I find posted on HN literally only work in ONE single browser.