jackpf Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Im confused...why would people prefer IE 6 to 7? Btw, just came across this which is interesting...http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/19/internet-explorer-8-and-acid2-a-milestone.aspx I've been debugging my website in IE8 beta 2 recently, and there's actually not much to debug. Quite impressive for microsoft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 A lot of companies invested a lot of money in developing stuff like intranet websites that only run on IE6. Even then, if they prefer IE6 to IE7 then why would you force them to choose something else? That's like forcing you to eat at Burger King instead of McDonald's just because I think Burger King's burgers are better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 No, I don't believe in forcing them to do anything, I just didn't really understand why they'd actually go out of their way to continue using an outdated browser. I see your point, but tbh, if they designed their website for IE 6, it must be atleast five years old, so it's probably time for a redesign anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 $$$ is the language of the management. Time = $$$, development takes time, thus development => $$$. Besides, the current system works, so why replace it? That's how management will see it many places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Lol, when you explain it with php syntax it all makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFilmGod Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Im confused...why would people prefer IE 6 to 7? Btw, just came across this which is interesting...http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/19/internet-explorer-8-and-acid2-a-milestone.aspx I've been debugging my website in IE8 beta 2 recently, and there's actually not much to debug. Quite impressive for microsoft. - Well obviously there isn't much to debug. IE8 passed the ACID2 test for standard compliance set forth in CSS 2.1 by the W3C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I wish IE had an auto updater like Firefox. I didn't think the firefox auto updater forced major new versions? Like, don't you have to manually download FF 3? Oh...... Well it should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I wish IE had an auto updater like Firefox. I didn't think the firefox auto updater forced major new versions? Like, don't you have to manually download FF 3? Oh...... Well it should. I'm pretty sure it does prompt for major versions, on Mac OS X at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Im confused...why would people prefer IE 6 to 7? Btw, just came across this which is interesting...http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/19/internet-explorer-8-and-acid2-a-milestone.aspx I've been debugging my website in IE8 beta 2 recently, and there's actually not much to debug. Quite impressive for microsoft. - Well obviously there isn't much to debug. IE8 passed the ACID2 test for standard compliance set forth in CSS 2.1 by the W3C. You know, passing the acid2 test isn't something to be that proud of, considering most other browsers managed it three years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Nobody cares about Acid 2 anymore. Nowadays it's your performance on Acid 3 that matters. IE6 passes Acid 1, but that doesn't mean it's a good browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Exactly. And IE8 beta 2 got a score of 21% on the acid3 test, compared to safari and opera which both got 100%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I think Microsoft just doesn't like other people's standards. Blah. I hate IE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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