CSS and why I hate Microsoft

[ngcomputing]

Another real pain is someone using IE'S DOM for development knowing that the other browsers out there won't support it.

[Jasoco]

Stats for Jasoco.net / GeekPub forums as of August:
MS Internet Explorer 40.1 %
Firefox 34.7 %
Safari 21.8 %
Opera 0.9 %
Netscape 0.8 %
Mozilla 0.7 %
Camino 0.4 %
Unknown 0.1 %
OmniWeb 0 %
Konqueror 0 %
Others 0 %

A few months ago, IE was much higher. I'd agree alternate browsers are finally catching up.

Just not fast enough.

[Thank The Cheese]

looks like even IE designers are fed up with it:

http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?p=115

[kainjow]

I've been working with my web designer a lot the last 6 months and we're working on a brand new site that uses heavy CSS and JS, and it's been a lengthy process getting it to work right with IE. All the other browsers (Firefox win/mac, Safari, Opera) work very well, but IE is so stubborn, and often there are stupid CSS hacks you have to do to get around its short comings... I'm really looking forward to IE 7 - hopefully it fixes a lot of these issues.

[fryke]

And when can web designers get rid of IE 6 or even IE 5 support? IE 7 will be final at the end of 2006, IIRC, and probably won't have more than 20% of the web browser market until mid-2007. And since users of earlier versions of Windows might be left back... 'ts a drag.

[Veljo]

I definitely agree. For the past month I've been building my own .com, and while I test my web page primarily in Safari, I also know to test in Firefox and Opera which are the next most popular. Internet Explorer for Mac, who cares no one uses it. I then go to Internet Explorer on my PC. While most of the site is fine, there are always elements that I have to fix in it. And it's not just a simple solution either, IE is so stubborn. Go to hell Microsoft!

[smithy]

Originally Posted by Jasoco

Stats for Jasoco.net / GeekPub forums as of August:
MS Internet Explorer 40.1 %
Firefox 34.7 %
Safari 21.8 %
Opera 0.9 %
Netscape 0.8 %
Mozilla 0.7 %
Camino 0.4 %
Unknown 0.1 %
OmniWeb 0 %
Konqueror 0 %
Others 0 %

A few months ago, IE was much higher. I'd agree alternate browsers are finally catching up.

Just not fast enough.

Is that on the PC and Mac platform?

[Lt Major Burns]

if that was cross platform, wouldn't that be a firm figure on the world market share fo rapple? apple computers have nearly 30% of the world share!