Comments on: IE’s Decline Makes ‘Cross Browser’ More Relevant

By: PatrickSamphire

PatrickSamphire — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:19:36 +0000

How come just about every discussion ends up as a discussion of IE6 and its crapness? (Not that it isn’t crap, but it’s like someone out there has an ‘IE6 is crap’ script that posts the comments to every single thread, no matter what.)

By: hirtman

hirtman — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:45:05 +0000

It’s time for everyone to upgrade that old browser. The common user has no idea about the difficulties of supporting IE6. If developers stop worrying about conforming to it, except for a little note that informs the user to upgrade their browser, eventually people will catch the drift.

By: Tom N.

Tom N. — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:42:51 +0000

Now if IE would just go away my work would just be so easy.

Amen to that! I spent some time yesterday creating extra .js functions just to get some simple hover states to work in IE6. About 88% of our users still connect to our site via IE6, I wish there was a way to abolish it…

By: A-OK

A-OK — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:58:26 +0000

Cross-browser compatibility? If making sure your website works on all browsers takes a lot of time and effort for you, you’re not a good web developer.

By: Canciller

Canciller — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:29:21 +0000

I just left IE6… tired of Microsoft stupidity.

By: Stew

Stew — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:13:08 +0000

Opera do great work and make some great headways, but no one in the “real world” really cares about them. They have no visible effect on the web as far as everyday users ( and therefore clients ) are concerned. It seems more often than not, in my experience,that the only people talking about Opera are the ones asking why noone is talking about Opera. The fact they keep needing to ask is surely explanation enough.

Also, this article is surely 2 years out of date.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:00:36 +0000

Now if IE would just go away my work would just be so easy.

By: charmedlover

charmedlover — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:23:16 +0000

I love how SitePoint nearly always excludes Opera…

By: cranial-bore

cranial-bore — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:10:16 +0000

At least cross browser development is easier than it used to be. For example the inconsistent box model (padding included, or extra to a box width) is not an issue on modern browsers, and JS libraries can normalize most browser differences.

If IE6 could be squeezed out, then cross browser support would be even easier.

By: bel

bel — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:35:31 +0000

I’m really, REALLY tired of spending time and effort on cross-browser, forward and backward compatibility. It eats up so much time that I could be spending on more interesting and rewarding work and play. So, I’m just sick of spending resources there. Personally, I’d very be happy if one browser took 100% market share, that would be HEAVEN for a while, and the trade-off worth it. I guess I don’t have the energy I used to when I started in this industry (its been drained by all the scripting and testing and disappointment and frustration and compromise that has gone into cross-browser, cross-version compatibility efforts over the years).
Bring on a monopoly, I need a rest.