Comments on: Sites Which Ban Internet Explorer - Has This Happened to You?

By: TA

TA — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:31:43 +0000

I can understand why people want to block internet explorer. The browser does not support all standards by the W3C. Blocking Internet Explorer users is drastic but is only effective when everyone does it.

The only reason why IE has such a high percentage of the browser market is because it ships with Windows. And Microsoft is too arrogant to adjust to standards made by others.

Do you people even realize how much headache Internet Explorer causes for webdevelopers?
I am not an unexperienced webdeveloper (been in the bizz for at least 8 years) and I have always been struggeling with making sites look EXACTLY the same in IE as in FF.

I think current Internet Explorers (yes even IE 8) hold back the full potential of the internet.

BTW: I use Linux and Windows, so please don’t think I’m some fan boy, I’m just a really frustrated webdeveloper :).

By: rub

rub — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:18:33 +0000

I think blocking is bad, but having a small one-time notice that says IE6 is not supported or maintained, is more than reasonable - it’s the right thing to do. Microsoft just announced they are extending IE6 support into 2014 - because they are spineless and don’t understand technology. IE6 is holding back the entire internet, as a web app developer I daily feel the pain of having to spend 10-20% of our time JUST on supporting this lame browser and frankly I am pushing to just ignore it and the users stuck with it can go jump, sure it’s not their fault but it’s their workplaces fault. Supporting is enabling. It has to go.

By: Trey

Trey — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:40:40 +0000

Hahahahahah. Comment number 6 has to be the most ignorant comment I have seen in a long time. Yes there are lazy developers out there, but this isn’t necessarily the case here. It is not lazy to not cater for IE, it is the right thing to do, and the only thing that we as web developers can do besides educating the public about why Internet Explorer should not be used. When following web standards, IE fails to work when EVERY other browser works. This exists in all client side technologies and has never changed. If IE did follow standards, then discussions such as these would probably never happen.

By: a

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:04:09 +0000

Do I ever so hate, or better yet loathe Internet Explorer. Something that just won’t die no matter what you do.

By: mithun kumar

mithun kumar — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:29:30 +0000

hello sir ,
i want to know how any sies of internet banned/block . please send my e-mail address hzpmithunkumar @gmail.com
from
internet dhaba
bihar 844101

thanku with best regards

By: mithun kumar

mithun kumar — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:21:43 +0000

i want to block / banned of internet sites . ex :- http://www. jagran .com (block / banned ) how can i do ?

By: mithun kumar

mithun kumar — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:20:22 +0000

dear sir ,
i want to know how is intenet sites banned / block i known hin .

thanks
internet dhaba
hajipur vaishali (bihar)

By: anonymoose

anonymoose — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 02:14:44 +0000

First time I saw a page about blocking IE was probably 1996, maybe even earlier. I don’t think anyone ever noticed.

In any case, browser-specificity is a sign of lazy designers…and we’ll always have lazy designers. *surg*

By: Kelson

Kelson — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:38:25 +0000

*sigh* This is just as bad as blocking Netscape/Mozilla/Opera/Safari/whatever…

Someone needs to check out the Viewable With Any Browser campaign.

(That said, I link to Browse Happy on several sections of my site.)

By: alex

alex — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:14:18 +0000

purchased a dell and was unable to enter their support pages without I.E.browser.
many virus programs also require use I.E., none other. this is unfair, rude and
inconsiderate particularly since one is not informed before hand that I.E. has to
be used for support, before purchasing items. I have elected not to buy from
these vendors in the future. i am glad that the table is being reversed.