Browser Market Pollution: IE[x] is the new IE6

Re:Browser Market Pollution: IE[x] is the new IE6 by bittermang on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @03:07PM (#3044751)

> How many browsers would you like to support?

I don't support browsers. I support standards. I stopped performing hacky compatibility gymnastics long before Google made it cool to boast how you weren't supporting IE6 anymore, and my workflow and sanity has improved due to it.

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Re:Browser Market Pollution: IE[x] is the new IE6 by bittermang on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @04:25PM (#3045056)

To extend my point, I don't care if the user wants to use Firefox or Chrome or even IE. The rendering should be consistent across the board, and the browser should be about the user experience. Add ons, syncing, other such features.

Imagine if this applied to the world of televisions. If people didn't buy Sony TVs because they didn't display channels as well as Sharp or Panasonic. If you had to render your video with some hacky kludge so the colors displayed right on a Samsung and an LG. That would be insane.

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Re:Browser Market Pollution: IE[x] is the new IE6 by mappu on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @05:19PM (#3045279)

Remember the "web-safe" 216-colour palette? :(

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