James:  6/1/2009 4:01:00 PM

IE6... the bain of our lives

Our site went live a little while ago. We're rather pleased with it to be honest. Nice clean layout, fancy slidey bits that work but actually make the user experience richer rather than get in the way.

It should work for everyone too. In Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer and even on our iPhones. That's quite an achievement especially as it works in Internet bleedin Explorer 6: the bain of our lives.

Back in the dark ages, web design was tough. Getting layouts working consistently across all browsers especially Nutscrape (sorry.. Netscape) was a dark art. Not so much anymore, it's fairly straight forward and most web browsers are fairly tolerant of our fancy code.

CSS layouts and web standards have made the world a happier place. Unless you use IE6. It's rubbish. We support it because we have to, but it takes soooooo long to twist and tweak our websites to work in IE6 we either have to keep things simple (spoiling the fun for everyone else) or stare at lines of code until our eyeballs bleed. We really should be charging extra for this.

So PC users... please upgrade to IE7 or Firefox. You'll feel much better for it.

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22 June 2009 12:37

I find IE6 to be a dictator nobody likes, pulling the people down and forcing them in to uncompromising situations with no room to manouver or renegotiate.

I would love to see it buried alive kicking and screaming as the last shovel of soil lands on its little blue face!

sam

23 June 2009 11:27

I really think that the comment about charging extra for IE6 is a fair one. It probably takes us between a day or two to get a site IE6-compatible. When it runs in every other browser known to man.

Ricky

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