20 July, 2007
Inernet Explorer
This article posted on slashdot stating that IE is down to 70% market share in Europe is very encouraging. Microsoft has been playing silly buggers with respect to web browsers for so long it’s nice to finally see some comeuppance. IE has a very poor track record with regards to security, is wantonly non-standards compliant (something that Microsoft has excelled at for years) and is significantly lacking in useful functionality. Here are a few articles to whet your appetite: why you should dump internet explorer, Developers gripe about IE standards inaction, The Web Standards Project and there are plenty more.
So in short if you are using IE change! The most obvious choice is Mozilla but if you are using a Mac then Safari is probably a good choice. Safari is now available under windows but is still in beta. If you use a number of different platforms then again mozilla is probably the best choice.
Do it and the web developers of the world will thank you!
Filed by rgh at 10:20 under Internet