> Not relevant, the problem is that IE6 didn't work with the web back then I think you're mis-remembering a little. Or maybe you had a different job than I did

> Not relevant, the problem is that IE6 didn't work with the web back then I think you're mis-remembering a little. Or maybe you had a different job than I did. Back then, the web WAS IE6. There was nothing else. And it really was, for a time, a popularly-praised relief from the previous browser wars. I didn't have a standard but then again, at least I had a standard. You can design for IE6 and be sure it would "just work" everywhere because IE6 was the only option. Market share in the mid 90's IIRC. The real crime is, as you went on to explain, the utter stagnation. And of course insult was added to injury when Firefox was released. For years then we DID legitimately have the trouble of designing for one modern browser and one curmudgeon who just happened to still have 4/5th's of the market. Lame.