To all Internet Explorer users

[HotelUser]

Which, in the EU, it doesn't.

I am aware, and it's a shame we don't do that across the pond

[Recursion]

LET'S ALL START SUPPORTING NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR AGAIN!

[HotelUser]

LET'S ALL START SUPPORTING NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR AGAIN!

Ashamed to say I used Netscape Navigator 6 even when Firefox was quite popular and obviously better but I just loved that Netscape 6 theme:

[beth]

Ashamed to say I used Netscape Navigator 6 even when Firefox was quite popular and obviously better but I just loved that Netscape 6 theme:

netscape actually used to make me angry inside.

[GommeInc]

Aren't the people using Opera generally older than most users using other browsers? It's pretty obvious why they've got higher IQs. Interestingly, IE is used in a lot of schools, most of which are filled with children who would naturally be quite young and naive. So it goes without saying why the results are as they are.

They may as well do a survey on car usage, based on ages 0 to 99 and see what cars are sold based on price. 0 to 16 years will have cars ranging from 20p to £20, while anyone older will have cars going higher in price. Because, you know, that makes sense :rolleyes:

Pretty daft statistics. Obviously someone has a bee in their bonnet - no pun intended.

EDIT:

The report is pretty lousy and poorly written. The conclusions are based on wild accusations picked out of the air at random. I'm not sure how they concluded from the age of people that IE is incompatible with modern web standards - the last time I checked age doesn't imply this. It really is like someone in Vancouver had a hissy fit when writing this report. It is dreadful, biased and irrational

http://www.aptiquant.com/IQ-Browser-AptiQuant-2011.pdf

[HotelUser]

Aren't the people using Opera generally older than most users using other browsers? It's pretty obvious why they've got higher IQs. Interestingly, IE is used in a lot of schools, most of which are filled with children who would naturally be quite young and naive. So it goes without saying why the results are as they are.

They may as well do a survey on car usage, based on ages 0 to 99 and see what cars are sold based on price. 0 to 16 years will have cars ranging from 20p to £20, while anyone older will have cars going higher in price. Because, you know, that makes sense :rolleyes:

Pretty daft statistics. Obviously someone has a bee in their bonnet - no pun intended.

EDIT:

The report is pretty lousy and poorly written. The conclusions are based on wild accusations picked out of the air at random. I'm not sure how they concluded from the age of people that IE is incompatible with modern web standards - the last time I checked age doesn't imply this. It really is like someone in Vancouver had a hissy fit when writing this report. It is dreadful, biased and irrational

http://www.aptiquant.com/IQ-Browser-AptiQuant-2011.pdf

It's incompatible with modern web standards because IE9 doesn't support text-shadow, IE8 border-radius, gradients, text-shadow, certain transparent PNGs, horrible JS rendering and so on. It's a horrible browser! Interesting take on why the statistics are like they are, though, a lot of companies staffed with adults use Internet Explorer too.

[Kasabian]

If you've got a vendetta against Internet Explorer, keep it to yourself. Everyone has the choice of which browser they use, if they want to use Internet Explorer, then so be it.

I have an xbox 360, and it's better than a ps3 imo, so why don't I slate the ps3 like you have done with IE?

[Recursion]

It's incompatible with modern web standards because IE9 doesn't support text-shadow, IE8 border-radius, gradients, text-shadow, certain transparent PNGs, horrible JS rendering and so on. It's a horrible browser! Interesting take on why the statistics are like they are, though, a lot of companies staffed with adults use Internet Explorer too.

Yet again David, no ones ~*~cares~*~. You're moaning about IE9 not supporting text-shadow STILL, the fact of the matter is IE9 is now a year old and upon release text-shadow was not a fully documented and standardized component of the CSS3 standards. IE9 still has far better hardware acceleration than any of the other browsers and is still the only one compatible with the way enterprise networks are run. You then go on to talk about IE8, which is now what? 2 - 3 years old? Get a grip will you and stop spamming up the forum with useless drivel.

If you've got a vendetta against Internet Explorer, keep it to yourself. Everyone has the choice of which browser they use, if they want to use Internet Explorer, then so be it.

I have an xbox 360, and it's better than a ps3 imo, so why don't I slate the ps3 like you have done with IE?

Agreed.

[Shar]

David, its ok to hate something, you don't have to use IE yourself so stop complaining about it silly!

[GommeInc]

It's incompatible with modern web standards because IE9 doesn't support text-shadow, IE8 border-radius, gradients, text-shadow, certain transparent PNGs, horrible JS rendering and so on. It's a horrible browser! Interesting take on why the statistics are like they are, though, a lot of companies staffed with adults use Internet Explorer too.

If people don't care what they are missing then clearly it isn't as bad as you say. Just because it lacks certain novelty features doesn't mean it is ultimately the most useless browser in the world. If it can load websites as well as can be expected, then it is a suitable browser. Heck, IE9 is pretty decent when you consider the problems Chrome, Firefox and other browsers come with

Think of it as proof in the pudding. The specifications may hint towards one side, but the usage is what really matters.