Amen to this. The amount of money and time wasted spent chasing IE compatibility was insane.
I worked at a web agency during the dying days of IE and we spent so much time fixing IE problems that we would instantly add on a third to the quote if the client wanted IE7 support, double for IE6. When faced with that, clients who previously insisted support was vital suddenly agreed that 11 was fine after all.
Microsoft may be a completely different organisation now, but I’ll never forgive or forget the amount of time they made me waste.
> but I’ll never forgive or forget the amount of time they made me waste.
I understand. For me, it wasn’t the time but the frustration they caused me. So I won’t use their browser on any of my devices in order to keep their percentage market share one tiny tiny fraction lower.
I worked at a web agency during the dying days of IE and we spent so much time fixing IE problems that we would instantly add on a third to the quote if the client wanted IE7 support, double for IE6. When faced with that, clients who previously insisted support was vital suddenly agreed that 11 was fine after all.
Microsoft may be a completely different organisation now, but I’ll never forgive or forget the amount of time they made me waste.