{"id":2456,"date":"2004-05-03T16:48:36","date_gmt":"2004-05-04T06:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/03\/its-not-my-fault-ie-sucks-get-a-real-browser\/"},"modified":"2019-12-10T09:30:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T17:30:56","slug":"its-not-my-fault-ie-sucks-get-a-real-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/03\/its-not-my-fault-ie-sucks-get-a-real-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not my fault IE sucks. Get a real browser."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11165,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.tbray.org\\\/ongoing\\\/When\\\/200x\\\/2003\\\/07\\\/17\\\/BrowserDream&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11166,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/giantfightingrobots.com\\\/betterbrowser.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20110918113012\\\/http:\\\/\\\/giantfightingrobots.com:80\\\/betterbrowser.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 13:13:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 03:59:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 03:59:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8121,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.mozilla.org\\\/products\\\/firefox&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251124075053\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.mozilla.org\\\/products\\\/firefox\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 04:42:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 03:59:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 03:59:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11167,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.opera.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260310232101\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.opera.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 13:13:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 03:59:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 03:59:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11168,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.konqueror.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11169,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/switch&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20200710135629\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/switch\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 13:13:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 03:41:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 04:09:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 04:09:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10408,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/safari&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/safari&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I expected this, of course, but it&#8217;s still a bit disheartening. I spend a lot of time working up a change to my site design, get the basics up and running, just have a bit of tweaking to do&#8230;and then I take a few moments on a break from work and take a look at it under Internet Explorer 6 for Windows.<\/p>\n<p>And cringe.<\/p>\n<p><del>And you know what? I don&#8217;t care. I&#8217;m not even going to bother fixing the various oddities that crop up under IE. It&#8217;s not worth the time, trouble, and headaches that it would entail.<\/del><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tbray.org\/ongoing\/When\/200x\/2003\/07\/17\/BrowserDream\" title=\"The Door is Ajar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2004\/05\/graphics\/noIE.gif\" height=\"91\" width=\"90\" alt=\"No Internet Explorer\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It comes down to this, quite simply: Internet Explorer sucks. It&#8217;s buggy, shares responsibility for many of the security issues in Windows, offers far to many ways for people to compromise your system, and doesn&#8217;t support modern web standards. <del>Sure, I know that IE makes up somewhere over 90% of the web browser market, and I know that because of that, it&#8217;s quite likely that somewhere over 90% of the people who stumble across my site won&#8217;t be seeing it the way that they should.<\/del><\/p>\n<p><del>I don&#8217;t care.<\/del><\/p>\n<p>Thanks in part to the fact that I <em>do<\/em> pay attention to modern web design techniques and standards, people using IE are quite able to read my site. All the information is there, it&#8217;s just not presented how it should be. But that&#8217;s not my fault &#8212; it&#8217;s IE&#8217;s fault <del>&#8212; and that&#8217;s not worth me worrying about<\/del>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giantfightingrobots.com\/betterbrowser.html\" title=\"Use a Better Browser\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2004\/05\/graphics\/betterbrowser.gif\" height=\"19\" width=\"90\" alt=\"Use a Better Browser\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tbray.org\/ongoing\/When\/200x\/2003\/07\/17\/BrowserDream\" title=\"The Door is Ajar\">proposed by Tim Bray<\/a>, Eclecticism now joins the <a href=\"http:\/\/giantfightingrobots.com\/betterbrowser.html\" title=\"Use a Better Browser\">&#8220;Use a Better Browser&#8221; campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <strong>If you were looking at this in any browser but Microsoft Internet Explorer, it would look and run better and faster.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  Microsoft&#8217;s Internet Explorer may currently have the largest market share, but it has been stagnating for a while. There will be no new Internet Explorer version until Microsoft&#8217;s next operating system. It won&#8217;t be available for several years and you&#8217;ll need to pay for Windows to get it.<\/p>\n<p>  Meanwhile, other web browsers have been innovating and are becoming more and more popular. Today, these browsers run faster and look better than Internet Explorer.<\/p>\n<p>  By using a better browser your experience will be better. Plus, you will help to foster a competitive environment in which browser technology can continue to innovate and make everyone&#8217;s web experience more pleasant and exciting.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So that&#8217;s that.<\/p>\n<p>Get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/products\/firefox\/\" title=\"Mozilla Firefox\">Firefox<\/a>. Get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/\" title=\"Opera Internet Browser\">Opera<\/a>. Get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.konqueror.org\/\" title=\"Konqueror Homepage\">Konqueror<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/switch\/\" title=\"Apple - Switch\">Get a Mac<\/a> and use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/safari\/\" title=\"Apple - Safari\">Safari<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just get <em>away<\/em> from IE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes:<\/strong> &#8220;Glory (Cajun Dub)&#8221; by K.M.F.D.M. from the album <em>Glory<\/em> (1993, 5:31).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t care. I&#8217;m not even going to bother fixing the various oddities that crop up under IE. 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