Showing posts with label browser wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label browser wars. Show all posts
Surface Windows 8 Touchscreen -- Piece of Crap for Web Developers
We have an enterprise web app. Every time a new version of any browser comes out, we wonder about compatibility. Back in the early days of the web, it was a total pain in the ass to develop for IE, Netscape, Opera, Safari, FireFox and the lot. They all had their quirks.
It seems that everyone has learned except Microsoft. We had issues with IE 9 that we coded around. We were compatible with IE 10 on a laptop. But get this. We have a simple css drop-down menu. Here is the code:
.menu a:hover{
color:#bbbbbb;
background-color:#fff;
transition:color .3s, background .3s,-moz-box-shadow 2s, -webkit-box-shadow 2s, box-shadow 2s;
-moz-transition:color .3s, background .3s,-moz-box-shadow 2s, -webkit-box-shadow 2s, box-shadow 2s;
-webkit-transition:color .3s, background .3s,-moz-box-shadow 2s, -webkit-box-shadow 2s, box-shadow 2s;
-o-transition:color .3s, background .3s,-moz-box-shadow 2s, -webkit-box-shadow 2s, box-shadow 2s;
-moz-box-shadow:0 2px 4px #fff;
-webkit-box-shadow:0 2px 4px #fff;
box-shadow:0 2px 4px #fff;
cursor:pointer;
}
It works really well with everyone. Even with IE 10. Time to relax. Not on your life. Although it works with IE10, it doesn't work on the Surface, touch screen. It works on a regular screen but not on the touch screen. It is enough to make you want to pull out your hair.
Microsoft is truly dead man walking.
Desperate Microsoft -- Internet Explorer 8
Then Microsoft has the temerity to tell me that my browser scores a 2.5 out of 4, and that I should download Internet Explorer 8 along with the Bing search tool and MSN.
I got off Internet Explorer because it is a piece of crap software that is virus prone, and using it, I got a virus that destroyed my desktop computer. Since using Firefox and Chrome, along with Avira, I haven't had a virus ever again.
And they want me to trust them? Ha!! I read that finally the IE browser by Microsoft is no longer dominant in the marketplace, and I say "It's about time". Now they have to resort to scare tactics which are patently untrue, and they have to hijack me when I sign out of Hotmail.
Truly, Microsoft is on the way of the dodo bird.
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