Comments on: IE6 drinks petrol for breakfast http://www.rob-barrett.com/post/ie6-drinks-petrol-for-breakfast Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:34:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Greg Findley http://www.rob-barrett.com/post/ie6-drinks-petrol-for-breakfast/comment-page-1#comment-251 Greg Findley Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:40:05 +0000 http://www.rob-barrett.com/?p=495#comment-251 *an if statement *an if statement

]]> By: Greg Findley http://www.rob-barrett.com/post/ie6-drinks-petrol-for-breakfast/comment-page-1#comment-250 Greg Findley Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:39:26 +0000 http://www.rob-barrett.com/?p=495#comment-250 Nice analogy, it's a shame you can't use an statement to put LPG in your old petrol car... I guess that's the equivalent of an LPG conversion? Or is that when someone switched to Firefox, I'm confused. Nice analogy, it’s a shame you can’t use an statement to put LPG in your old petrol car… I guess that’s the equivalent of an LPG conversion? Or is that when someone switched to Firefox, I’m confused.

]]> By: Rob Barrett http://www.rob-barrett.com/post/ie6-drinks-petrol-for-breakfast/comment-page-1#comment-222 Rob Barrett Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:57:51 +0000 http://www.rob-barrett.com/?p=495#comment-222 Heh, yeah it's a struggle alright. I, like 99% of web designers, would love nothing more than to see IE6 locked into a steel cage and dropped to the bottom of the sea, but with so many people still using it, I don't see that it's a realistic option just to say, "Fuck 'em!" Of course, it depends on your audience. I try to keep this site as IE6-friendly as I can (and I know there's a few oversights I've not yet addressed), but in the end, that browser only accounts for a miniscule proportion of my visitors. For sites of less technology-oriented subjects, I'd expect many more visits from people with outdated sotware. I don't know motorbikes well ;-) Can you get 'em gas-powered? I guess they're just the same, but on a fibre-optic connection -- they're not subject to the same speed limits as the rest of us. Heh, yeah it’s a struggle alright. I, like 99% of web designers, would love nothing more than to see IE6 locked into a steel cage and dropped to the bottom of the sea, but with so many people still using it, I don’t see that it’s a realistic option just to say, “Fuck ‘em!”

Of course, it depends on your audience. I try to keep this site as IE6-friendly as I can (and I know there’s a few oversights I’ve not yet addressed), but in the end, that browser only accounts for a miniscule proportion of my visitors. For sites of less technology-oriented subjects, I’d expect many more visits from people with outdated sotware.

I don’t know motorbikes well ;-) Can you get ‘em gas-powered? I guess they’re just the same, but on a fibre-optic connection — they’re not subject to the same speed limits as the rest of us.

]]> By: Nathan Beck http://www.rob-barrett.com/post/ie6-drinks-petrol-for-breakfast/comment-page-1#comment-221 Nathan Beck Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:01:39 +0000 http://www.rob-barrett.com/?p=495#comment-221 Hehe, nice analogy there! It's a daily grinding struggle: "Let's fuck IE6", "but no, we can't - we're good web designers!", "ahh so what, I'm sick of being a nice-guy accessible developer, I just wanna' make things look cool!", "we can still make things look cool with progressive enhancement...", "screw that - I wanna' throw up a site and go out for a pub lunch.", "well... that does sound tempting...", "ok then - so no IE6 stylesheet, no conditional comments, slap a load of transparent .pngs in there and let's throw up some nice OBTRUSIVE javascript and then toddle off for a pint...", "No we have a duty to our users - the cold refreshing pint can wait. Let's work overtime and ensure that all users can enjoy our work!", "Fine, I quit." Just a little extreme example scenario there. So Rob, where do motorbikes fit in with the anology? :p Hehe, nice analogy there! It’s a daily grinding struggle:
“Let’s fuck IE6″,
“but no, we can’t – we’re good web designers!”,
“ahh so what, I’m sick of being a nice-guy accessible developer, I just wanna’ make things look cool!”,
“we can still make things look cool with progressive enhancement…”,
“screw that – I wanna’ throw up a site and go out for a pub lunch.”,
“well… that does sound tempting…”,
“ok then – so no IE6 stylesheet, no conditional comments, slap a load of transparent .pngs in there and let’s throw up some nice OBTRUSIVE javascript and then toddle off for a pint…”,
“No we have a duty to our users – the cold refreshing pint can wait. Let’s work overtime and ensure that all users can enjoy our work!”,
“Fine, I quit.”

Just a little extreme example scenario there.

So Rob, where do motorbikes fit in with the anology? :p

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