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The words "older", "versions" and "of" are superfluous.
by jackgavigan 13y ago
The words "older", "versions" and "of" are superfluous.
- timje1 13y agoI just choked a bit on my coffee. But people do continue to use IE voluntarily, even if it tends not to be HN geeks..
- unreal37 13y agoI don't understand when geeks insult other people who like Microsoft Windows or IE. I get it if you don't like the browser, I get it if you HATE the browser, but to actually insult the users of that browser is just ignorant.
- jessaustin 13y agoWhere's the insult? jackgavigan is actually being charitable toward those using the new version.
- idProQuo 13y agoSure we don't have to use IE if we don't want to, but we still have to design for it. IE6 has a broken box model and more recent versions have been slow to keep up with new web standards. If it was just a case of sites looking "less beautiful" in IE, that would be fine too, except that IE often breaks websites by not supporting certain CSS properties or Javascript functions. The amount of work that goes into IE-proofing websites (which could've gone into more productive things) is huge. It's not just "hipsterism", a lot of these people are angry for a reason.
- freehunter 13y agoI use (mobile) IE voluntarily because it's the only browser on my preferred mobile platform. I have no complaints, it works as well for me as Chrome on my Android phone or Safari on iOS devices I've used.