My favourite programming function in the entire world

[Blinger$]

No they're not. IE completely fails with the simplest of tasks, such as aligning margins with CSS, or setting up borders. When you try to use jquery let alone javascript by itself everything just sucks, and it renders pagest stupidly slow.

I've fixed your previous source example for you:

while(1==1)
alert('lulz');

the example i provided would work fine..

http://www.tizag.com/javascriptT/javascriptwhile.php :rolleyes:

[HotelUser]

You had one equal sign, which wouldn't properly evaluate the expression properly.

[Recursion]

No they're not. IE completely fails with the simplest of tasks, such as aligning margins with CSS, or setting up borders. When you try to use jquery let alone javascript by itself everything just sucks, and it renders pagest stupidly slow.

I've fixed your previous source example for you:

while(1==1)
alert('lulz');

Go look at the IE9 preview. Whilst IE is the bane of a web designer's life (until IE9 is launched), they sure has hell need to accomodate for it, just remember the majority of the internet uses IE.

If I ever saw that code in the source of a site (even when I didn't use IE), I'd think what a **** head of a designer he was! (And to mods, im not referencing anyone here...)

[Apolva]

My preferable of warning off IE users, while keeping their business (+ using stupid IE features against it =]):

<!--[if IE]>
<div style='background:#F00;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:2px solid #000;margin:-8px;color:#FFF;text-align:center;padding:5px;'>By using Internet Explorer, you are hindering the development of the web and putting yourself at risk - <a style='color:#FFF;' href='http://getfirefox.net/'>Get Firefox!</a></div>
<![endif]-->

Better example of your while loop:

while(true)alert('lulz');

[Recursion]

There's no need to "warn" IE users, do you see major websites like Facebook, Digg, MySpace, the BBC, Wired, The NY Times etc warning them or even blocking them from their site, no!

[Apolva]

There's no need to "warn" IE users, do you see major websites like Facebook, Digg, MySpace, the BBC, Wired, The NY Times etc warning them or even blocking them from their site, no!

Do you see the French and German government doing it? oh wait.

[xxMATTGxx]

Do you see the French and German government doing it? oh wait.

It didn't last very long...

[The Professor]

There's no need to "warn" IE users, do you see major websites like Facebook, Digg, MySpace, the BBC, Wired, The NY Times etc warning them or even blocking them from their site, no!

That's because their target audience (sans digg & wired) are quite possibly computer illiterate, don't know what a browser is and wouldn't bother learning just so they can use those websites. Digg and Wired should but its probably for the same reason; im sure there are some people who like using IE that use those sites and they don't want to alienate them.

[HotelUser]

That's because their target audience (sans digg & wired) are quite possibly computer illiterate, don't know what a browser is and wouldn't bother learning just so they can use those websites. Digg and Wired should but its probably for the same reason; im sure there are some people who like using IE that use those sites and they don't want to alienate them.

Precisely. If I'm making a utility for a small group of people, I don't want to make two versions. I shouldn't have to code anything twice. If I was targeting a massive audience I would have no choice but to implement an atleast semi-compatible variant for use with Microsoft Internet Explorer failure.

[Recursion]

Precisely. If I'm making a utility for a small group of people, I don't want to make two versions. I shouldn't have to code anything twice. If I was targeting a massive audience I would have no choice but to implement an atleast semi-compatible variant for use with Microsoft Internet Explorer failure.

No one said it was for a small group of people. You shouldn't just be a complete ass and stop IE users from viewing your site, it is the most used browser in the world :|