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Originally posted by The Captain
>>If a web site requires IE, it's broken, 'mmkay? Email the author and explain the problem.
Many websites were designed for IE in the first place, since most people use IE. Ever notice the little "this page was designed for IE x.0 and higher" messages at the bottom of webpages? I'm afraid webpage authors are not going to tweak their pages so third party browsers will work.
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>>Hell, IE doesn't even do PNG properly.
I can view png images correctly with IE. What problems are you having? Could you post a screenshot?
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Anything with variable alpha levels looks butt-ugly. IE only supports single-bit alpha. I'm in Linux now, but I'll post a screenshot when I get home from work.
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>>The web will be a much better place if everybody stops using IE.
Why don't you like IE? Sure, it does not have many advanced features, but it was designed to be simple and user-friendly for the average computer user. It may not be the fastest browser out there, but it's not the slowest either. IMO, it's a fairly good browser, and I can't understand why you think it's such a piece of crap.
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1) IE is rather crashy. On WinXP it is far better than Win98, and even Win2K, but it still crashes more than is even remotely reasonable.
2) IE is chock full of security holes. Even if you secure it right, it still has some problems
3) IE is Windows only. The Mac version doesn't really count; it is a completely different browser, just with the same name
4) Microsoft has consistantly flaunted just about every W3 standard, never fully implementing them, and adding proprietary extensions. It wouldn't be so bad if they propsed their extensions for the next versions of said standards, but that doesn't happen.
5) Um... I had to take a tech support call and lost my train of thought. :P
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