Internet Explorer is the devil

I made and published this updated Internet Explorer logo a while ago, but dealing with some recent Internet Explorer testing frustration made me repost this.

As a web guy, I waste countless hours per web project getting good code to display or print in Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). Google has discouraged users from using IE6, which is a huge step forward for the web community. If Google can ditch it, so can we… sort of.

As long as people use IE6, we have to design for it. IE6 came out in 2001, which is an eternity ago in the world of computers. Microsoft recently announced they were extending support of IE6 three years beyond originally planned to 2014… largely because Vista was such a bellyflop… shoot me.

I wish there were a way to recoup the countless hours and dollars spent making sites work in outdated versions of IE. Microsoft owes us a big fat check.

This blog currently doesn’t offer Internet Explorer support and it’s unlikely that we will. Our IE traffic is under 5% currently. If you happen to be using Internet Explorer do yourself a favor and please download and begin using (for your sanity and computer’s safety!!) Firefox, Safari or Google Chrome on your PC. If you are on a Mac you don’t need to do anything different, as usual.