KaliKot: when the trading forum was opened users who've been here as long as you could request access by directly asking a moderator, don't know if that still applies though.
pubjoe said:
But it's a poor designer who blames their targeted audience for not being able to view the content properly. As I say, I have no issues with this site's designers, I just didn't appreciate being flamed for simply using the most common browser on the market
I'm afraid IE hate is pretty common around the internet, sorry but you get used to it. While I would've guessed a lot of people use IE7, I've just looked at the statistics and I'm amazed at the number of people still estimated to be using IE6. Id've thought less technical users and businesses would've had IE7 shoved down their throats by automatic updates, so I'm a little surprised by this.
However you've probably figured out which browser the majority of this site's target audience are using by now
Very few people here are using IE6, the new board has a lot of bugs to work through and others are taking higher priority. If the users prove there is enough of a demand for IE6 compatibility then I'm sure they'll look into it if there is time. (the admins do this stuff in their free time).
The industry is changing, most young developers build their sites in Firefox now because of IE's poor standards compliance. Developers have to consider that their page may be being viewed on a wide range of mobile devices and phones, which contain custom browsers that rely heavily on standards compliant code to render anything at all. IE is a pain in the arse to develop on because it will render incorrect code by guessing what you were trying to do (curse you quirks mode!), which reduces compatibility of the finished page with those devices (and other browsers) and makes it an absolute nightmare to work with.
