JosiahBradley
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As a web developer, I approve this message! Death to Internet Explorer, all versions!
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This is funny, but I kind of think that it's messed up. Most of the people using IE7 probably don't even know what browser they are using. It's just taking advantage of unsuspecting people trying to shop online.
My company still has us using IE7 because we interact with a large number of websites from third parties, some of which drag their feet when it comes to updating to the newest IE standards. The tax thing is them trying to be 'funny' and it's pretty irritating, honestly.
As well as charging people to use older browsers...I'd charge people for using fireturd, or safari.
Where's the ancient FireFox tax? Most people using IE6 or IE7 don't know any better. Most people sticking to an ancient version of FireFox actually think its safer because its not IE.
There's always idiots who like to jump the gun without knowing all the facts.
The issue raised by Kogan isn't primarily about safety. I'm pretty sure Kogan's site will NOT harm their users and SSL encryption takes care of basic user security during transactions.
The issue was time and money, that was being spent on making their site work the same way in IE7.
From the BBC - "Kogan says the company was sick of wasting time ensuring its revamped website worked on Microsofts old IE7 browser."
I actually think that is pretty funny
AFAIK, nothing special is needed for IE9, and besides when Internet Explorer makes up the lion share of your web traffic, then isn't any extra costs associated being a problem of other browsers not adhering to IE standards?
Why are they shopping at work?????
I think the tax idea is funny.
ALL browsers are vulnerable, what's your point? If you have a retarded iteration policy that indicates any moderate change made requires a new version number, then you realize how the numbers are so high and irrelevant... Way to be brainwashed my marketing bro.
Lawsuit incoming in 3..2..1.
There's always idiots who like to jump the gun without knowing all the facts.
The issue raised by Kogan isn't primarily about safety. I'm pretty sure Kogan's site will NOT harm their users and SSL encryption takes care of basic user security during transactions.
The issue was time and money, that was being spent on making their site work the same way in IE7.
From the BBC - "Kogan says the company was sick of wasting time ensuring its revamped website worked on Microsofts old IE7 browser."
I approve of this.
Charge a 9% markup to XP customers also. Its only fair
so many attempts to get people off of older browsers either fail or take FAAAR too long
experience isnt an incentive for these people, but speaking to their wallets is, I think this is a great idea, especially as a web developer myself who has wasted entire 8 hour days trying to solve IE7 (and IE8) exclusive issues
Zarathustra[H];1038835661 said:Why not just develop for recent browsers, and let users have whatever experience they have on their obsolete ones. Let that be the incentive to upgrade.
I think that's awesome.
This is retarded. So you are going to go through the effort to code your site for IE7, then charge those who do use IE7 to use it, but tell them use a diff browser and no fee? No one will pay the 6.8%, and you coded your site for IE7 for no reason.
If you hate IE7, then just have your site detect it and popup a banner saying sorry, to browse this site requires a browser newer than IE7. Way less work.
*claps*
About god damn fucking time.
You know how often I do tech work on system computers and -NOTHING- has been fucking updated, ever?
And then I spent 4 hours cleaning them, then 6 hours updating every last fucking file, and not only is everything upgraded, everything runs faster to boot.
Companies don't upgrade services because their customers are complete fucking morons, who let the windows update icon flash in their taskbar for -FOUR FUCKING YEARS- (One tech case I did) and didn't update "Because it takes like 30-40 minutes for the computer to do"
People treat computers like they fucking treat cars, they expect to leap on and leap off willy nilly without doing anything to make sure it stays in working order. They bitch and moan when their 10-15 year old PC can't access modern websites. I worked on a laptop last year that had 256MB ram -TOTAL- and the guy called me in cause his computer would "Stall" Whenever he tried to open something like MSN/AIM/Or even a basic webpage. The memory amount was so fucking small I couldn't even fucking start a basic anti-virus on it to do a initial check, hijackthis, fucking hijackthis took -ELEVEN MINUTES TO LOAD-
Let alone I've not seen a fucking -CAR- last fifteen fucking years, yet they bitch and moan that they are "Forced to update" to a new computer. Its god damn fucking infuriating, I wish I could strangle the fucking stupidity out of these people.
So yes, this website gets a giant fucking thumbs up by me, welcome to twenty fucking twelve, enjoy your stay.
Those idiots put food on my table, so god bless them all. If everything ran perfect and never needed repair then a lot of repair people would be out. Just clean it, fix it, secure it give some helpful advice politely and get paid and be happy to be working. I fired a guy once with that kind of attitude it boiled over into rude behavior toward the customer. When repair and it people become rude and elitist is when they lose their usefulness.
Those idiots put food on my table, so god bless them all. If everything ran perfect and never needed repair then a lot of repair people would be out. Just clean it, fix it, secure it give some helpful advice politely and get paid and be happy to be working. I fired a guy once with that kind of attitude it boiled over into rude behavior toward the customer. When repair and it people become rude and elitist is when they lose their usefulness.
When repair people become rude and elitist is when they lose their usefulness.