Why are Websites Still Forcing People to Use IE?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday April 18, 2007 @11:51AM from the betcha-it's-active-x-controls dept.

DragonTHC asks: "I just visited Movielink's website for research. Their site has a nice message saying, 'Sorry, but in order to enjoy the Movielink service you must use Internet Explorer 5.0 (or higher) or Mozilla/Firefox with an IE Tab Extension (IE installation required).' While allowing the IETab Firefox extension is somewhat progressive, why do companies still force people to use Internet Explorer? Surely the site should work just fine in Firefox? With Firefox's steady gains in market share, you would think that webmasters would get the hint. If you are a webmaster, what are your reasons for forcing IE?"

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Re:Obvious by person99 · 2007-04-18 17:37 · Score: 0, Troll

To have Vista at a workstation, the boss would have to be an idiot too.
Re:Not Obvious stupid by kurt555gs · 2007-04-18 23:49 · Score: 0, Troll

No, they are stupid and / or lazy. The same goes for people that use AOL. There is no way to sugar coat it. They are simply dumb.

It's like the 2 main reasons to use Windows.

1: You are to cheap to buy a Mac

or

2: You are to stupid to use Linux.

Try as you might, there really is no excuse.

Cheers

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