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Just what has Microsoft been doing for IE 7?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-e-is-a-scream dept.

Jeff Reifman writes "Last week, Windows columnist Paul Thurrott ripped into Microsoft for ignoring CSS standards with its upcoming Internet Explorer 7.0. "Microsoft has set back Web development by an immeasurable amount of time. My advice is simple: Boycott IE. It's a cancer on the Web that must be stopped. IE isn't secure and isn't standards-compliant, which makes it unworkable both for end users and Web content creators." With the redesign of my own site last month, I discovered just how non-compliant IE is with basic CSS: IE 52% vs. Firefox 93%. Is Microsoft purely incompetent and tone-deaf to customers — or simply counting on IE's non-compliance remaining a de-facto standard?"

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  1. IE developers use Firefox themselves by theGeekDude · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, the IE developers use Firefox themselves anyway, so didnt bother putting in full support for CSS. After all it wont make any changes to their 'default' browsing experience....

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  2. Re:The Percentages by Reverend528 · · Score: 5, Funny

    These numbers are based on web developer usage.

    52% use IE 6
    54% use IE 7
    93% use firefox 1.5
    93% use opera 8.5
    96% use opera 9

    As a result, most web sites (96%) look good in opera 9, making it the most compliant browser. Unfortunately, the other 292% of web sites look pretty bad in it.

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  3. What are they doing for IE7? by Red+Flayer · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd rather know what they would do for a Klondike Bar.

    Hopefully nothing like what is said here. Warning: there there be crappiness.

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  4. Re:The Percentages by the+jerk+store · · Score: 1, Funny

    78% of all statistics are made up on the spot

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  5. Re:The Percentages by neonprimetime · · Score: 4, Funny

    91.42% of all /. postings are not worth replying to

  6. For the best browser experience... by IGnatius+T+Foobar · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...go to http://www.ie7.com

    (Seriously. The best browser is there.)

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  7. Re:Auto-boycot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, no - we don't know that. I believe he used the phrase "a lot of." Therefore the proper statement would be, "And this proves that Newscloud caters to a lot of idiots."

  8. Re:Auto-boycot by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 4, Funny


    If they want to use a broken browser, have a popup window say 'your browser is broken, use firefox', and that's it, end of story.

    And advertising Firefox in popups... that's soooo much better.

  9. Re:Not quite... by James_Duncan8181 · · Score: 2, Funny
    "but on the other hand "You seem to be using an outdated browser and this site may not be displayed properly because of that. We suggest upgrading to a modern browser(links) to take full advantage of this site." would indicate it's the browser's fault for the site display problems."

    Your sentiments are great, but I think we could recommend an even newer browser then that...

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  10. Re:Not quite... by ArwynH · · Score: 2, Funny

    *blink* doh! I meant 'insert links here', not the browser. I forgot of the existance of a browser under that name even though I think I had an instance of it open at the time. Time to get my head examined... >_>