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Comment by ramki | Hacker News Reader

if you don't like it, don't use it. But please don't be sad. Hope you are not depending on ie's rendering engine.

I don't use IE9 for my browsing and I am sad. I am a web developer and now we will have 3 or 4 versions (depending on whether IE6 support is required) of Microsoft browser to care for. And they all are outdated compared to Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari.

sorry man, i don't know anything in web development. I'm a system programmer works on C\C++ and hardly know internal details of browsers. But IE9 is very cool(compared to ie8), i liked it. Thanks for making me aware of how newer versions affects everyone.

Maybe he's sad because, like me, he's a web developer who will have to support yet another non-compliant piece of junk browser from Microsoft.

You don't have to support IE. Just like an iPhone developer doesn't have to support Android. Or an OS X developer doesn't have to support Windows. You give up some market share, but it's a standard tradeoff == more work vs more revenue?

There's nothing to be sad about, it's a decision we make everyday. If IE is so painful that the revenue is not worth it, then don't do it. We currently don't support OS X. I'm not sad when Apple ships a new version of OS X. I just know that the 10% of the market that they own is one that we won't support. I'm fine with that, and have been for a while now.

Right. Here's your sales pitch:

"Well, sir (or ma'am), your new website will only work with 'Modern' browsers."

"I see. And what is a 'Modern' browser?"

"Anything but IE."

"Ah. Nice meeting with you. I'll keep your quote in mind."

No IE support != less revenue. No IE support = no revenue.

Here's the light at the end of the tunnel: I have a bug tracking app, and can honestly say that IE is an insignificant part of my traffic - comparable to Opera. Granted, it's a technical audience, but I can safely just not support IE.

Our day is coming...

I really don't want to have to start thinking of myself as a "Firefox Developer". If it surfs the web, be it desktop browser, mobile browser, screen reader, robot or even IE, it's part of my job as a web developer.

Doesn't mean I have to reward Microsoft's failures to keep up with standards with praise, or by abstaining from criticism. My life would be better if they just gave up at this point.

If solving the web development communities problems was only so simple as that, it would have been solved already. I think it's safe to say that essentially nobody here uses IE.

I'm afraid our problems with IE involves other people using it, and their choice to do so is largely beyond our control.

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