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Windows Guru Calls For IE7 Boycott

Posted by Zonk on from the it's-that-bad dept.

Anonymous Cowherd writes "Paul Thurrott, a journalist that usually writes about all things Windows related (and sometimes about Apple affairs too), made a call in a recent article to boycott Internet Explorer, due to Microsoft's approach (continued in IE7) of not supporting web standards: 'My advice here is simple: Boycott Internet Explorer. It is a cancer on the Web, and must be stopped. IE is insecure and is not standards-compliant, which makes it unworkable for both end users and Web content creators... You can turn the tide by demanding better from Microsoft and using a better alternative Web browser. I recommend and use Mozilla Firefox, but Apple Safari (Mac only) and Opera 8 are both worth considering as well.'"

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  1. Ok with me by tclark · · Score: 4, Funny

    In fact, I think I'll take it a step further and boycott Windows as well.

  2. Ok all you web designers out there .... by scharkalvin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have your webpages check to see what browser the client is using, and if it is IE7 (or hey, ANY version of IE) refuse to render the page and pop up a link to Mozilla or Firefox and tell the user that his current browser is broken, and a plague on the web, and that he should follow the given link and download a REAL broswer if he (or she) wants to see your content. (turn around is fair play I say!)

    1. Re:Ok all you web designers out there .... by Pharmboy · · Score: 4, Insightful

      and if it is IE7 (or hey, ANY version of IE) refuse to render the page and pop up a link to Mozilla or Firefox and tell the user that his current browser is broken and a plague on the web, and that he should follow the given link and download a REAL broswer if he (or she) wants to see your content.

      Oh yea, that is a great idea to do on our ecommerce server. "Oh, you wanted to spend $2500 with us? Fsck you, your web browser isn't L33t enough". Some how I don't think the boss is gonna appreciate me doing that.

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    2. Re:Ok all you web designers out there .... by xs650 · · Score: 3, Funny

      A fringe benfit would be that you could host your website on a serrver with very limited bandwidth.

  3. Acid2 test looks fine in IE7 by David+Horn · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just visited the Acid2 test page in the Internet Explorer 7 beta, and it looks exactly the same as it does in FireFox. Am I doing something wrong?

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    1. Re:Acid2 test looks fine in IE7 by FnH · · Score: 3, Informative

      visit http://www.webstandards.org/act/acid2/test.html#to p The image in the article is the reference image.